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Post by subdjoe on Jun 8, 2008 11:00:56 GMT -5
Wow, one of the great voices and TV personalitys, Jim McKay has passed on. One of the elegant gentlemen of the small screen, he will ge missed.
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Post by The New Guy on Jun 8, 2008 12:29:25 GMT -5
"the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat"
abc's wide world of sports was something us kiddies really enjoyed back in the day.
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Post by subdjoe on Jun 8, 2008 13:57:38 GMT -5
And they would change the "victory' shown, but allways had the same poor schmuck going off the side of the ski ramp. That one never changed.
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Post by The New Guy on Jun 8, 2008 19:16:49 GMT -5
my favorite part of the show was that guy going off the ramp!
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Post by ferrous on Jun 8, 2008 20:21:45 GMT -5
Wow, ABC's Wide World of Sports, I used to watch it every week with Jim McCay along with Howard Cosell were the mainstays. As for the ski jumper: March 21, 1970 The International Ski Flying Championship from Oberstdorf provides one of the most memorable moments in Wide World of Sports history. On his third jump, Vinko Bogataj tumbled down the jump and became forever more the "agony of defeat". Vinko wasn't seriously hurt, suffering only a concussion. He was jumping again the following year, but never with the same abandon he once had. Today, he lives in Lesce in northern Yugoslavia with his wife and two daughters. He still jumps in senior competitions and does a little coaching. The 1991 world champion, Franci Petek, comes from Lesce and was first coached by Vinko. espn.go.com/abcsports/wwos/milestones/1970s.htmlMy gosh, scrolling down the page, I'm reminded how great the show really was. |
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Post by The New Guy on Jun 12, 2008 19:53:00 GMT -5
evel knevel was a great american hero to all of us kids. i remember building and jumping over many a rickety ramp in those days (and with no helmet, of course!). ahhh, those were the days...
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