Found inside – Page 113Shot live on videotape for airing on a later Saturday, Wide World ofSports made its debut on April 29, 1961, with Jim McKay (McManus) serving as host and ... Found insideThe sports division suffered a loss estimated at $65 million at the 1988 ... the host of ABC's college football studio show in 1992 and Wide World of Sports ... Found inside – Page 8Jim McKay, the host of Wide World of Sports, has gone more than two million miles to 35 countries on six continents for more than 100 different sorts of ... Here for the first time are the inside stories of how the "Mickey Mouse of television" became the mouse that roared: Howard Hughes's abortive attempt to take over ABC; why "Saturday Night Live" with Howard Cosell died; Walt Disney's entry ... Found inside – Page 433... ( NFL Edited Special- " Wide World of Sports 25th Films ) Anniversary Special ( ABC ) 1980-81 Edited Series — Wide World ... World of Sports " ( ABC ) Studio Show- " SportsCenter " ( ESPN ) Sportscasters First presented as Outstanding Host ... Found insideBut securing popular sporting events was not necessary for WideWorld to achieve ... host Jim McKay and commentator Howard Cosell into national celebrities. Found inside – Page 73He moved to ABC and was the host of the iconic Wide World of Sports for 37 years. The Munich games were scheduled for August 26 through September 11. Found inside – Page 178His personality led the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) to hire McKay to host their new Wide World of Sports, which became one of television's most ... Found inside – Page 304Originally, Lampley was host for ABC's Wide World of Sports, calling forty boxing matches during the 1980s at a time when his analyst was Alex Wallau. Found inside – Page 138... may come from host- ing sports mega-events like the Olympics, the World Cup, ... Families travel to Walt Disney's Wide World of Sports complex to watch ... Found inside – Page 236The area hosts about 350 professional and amateur events per year in its ... However, most of the sport events held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports ... Found inside – Page 125As it turned out , however , Wide World of Sports was at least a decade ahead of its time . in the last two decades , a host of all - sports television ... Found inside – Page 123Daredevil Evel Knievel appeared 16 times on Wide World of Sports, ... as a reporter on Wide World of Sports, and as a host on The Superstars and Battle of ... Found insideThe show lastedfor several years until Jim wasenticed away by ABC to host its longrunning Wide World of Sports series. As a promotional event for The ... Found inside – Page 205RUDOLPH, WILMA ROBERTS, ROBIN (1960– ) Commentator Robin Roberts has served as the ... Roberts has served as host of ABC's Wide World of Sports since 1996. Found inside – Page 93... a dinner celebrating the 20th anniversary of ABC-TV's Wide World of Sports. ... COSELL, HOWARD (1918–1995) As a radio and television reporter,Howard ... Found inside – Page 374... PALM BEACH COUNTY SPORTS COMMISSION , AUGUST 1998 TO PRESENT EVENT MANAGEMENT INTERN , DISNEY WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS COMPLEX , DECEMBER 1997 TO AUGUST ... Found inside – Page 72In 1996 she was named new host of ABC's Wide World of Sports, the first black woman to hold that position. She was also the first black woman to host a ... Found inside – Page 10About 200 people filled the pews of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen for the funeral of McKay , the venerable host of ABC's “ Wide World of Sports ” who died Saturday at his Maryland farm . Relatives , friends and colleagues remembered ... In THE WORLD WAS OUR STAGE, producer/director Doug Wilson recounts his incredible fifty-year journey with ABC Sports and its beloved sports anthology program ABC's WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS. Found insideAll four parks tend to host a festive afternoon parade, ... The Wide World of Sports complex hosts sporting events like the Atlanta Braves spring training; ... Found inside – Page 235Sport,. Promotional. Culture,. and. Corporate. Integration. Richard Gruneau and David Whitson In March 1997, the Disney Corporation opened its Wide World of ... Travis Vogan's cultural and institutional history of ABC Sports examines the development of network sports television in the United States and the aesthetic, cultural, political, and industrial practices that mark it. Found inside – Page 9Giff then moved to tele— vision: “Wide World of Sports" host, Emmy's 1977 Outstanding Sports Personality, and 1971core of "Monday Night Football. The veteran sportscaster known as the anchorman of ABC-TV's "Wide World of Sports" and eleven Olympics recounts the greatest sporting events of his career and his own achievements Found inside – Page 38The Rise of Women in the World of Men's Sports Betsy Ross ... was the first woman to serve as host for the legendary Wide World of Sports series on ABC. Found inside – Page 1451In fact, McKay's assignment as an Olympic commentator would make McKay ... McKay is perhaps best known for his role as host for ABC's Wide World of Sports, ... Found inside – Page 56As co-host of ESPN's Sports- Center and ABC's Wide World of Sports, the 36-year-old Roberts brings with her the voice of experience. At the age of 10, ... Found inside – Page 2246 The late Jim McKay,47 host of ABC's Wide World of Sports and thirteen-time Emmy Award winner reported: Miruts Yifter of Ethiopia, one of the favorites in ... Found inside... Guide Pelosi's Move to Power,” National Catholic Reporter, January 24, 2003. ... and became a broadcasting legend as host of ABC's Wide World of Sports. Found inside – Page 43... maybe 53 Longtime "ABC's Wide World of Sports" host 55 Request one's presence at 56 Symbol 59 'The the limit" 61 Bed, slangily 62 Airline with a crown ... Found inside – Page 8Jim McKay, the host of Wide World of Sports, has gone more than two million miles to 35 countries on six continents for more than 100 different sorts of ... Found inside – Page 227In 1947, he was a news and sports commentator for Baltimore station WMAR-TV. ... Since 1961, he has been the host for Wide World of Sports. Found insideI never tired of traveling to major sporting events. ... To be a SportsCenteranchor AND the host of ABC's Wide World of Sports was more than even I could ... Found inside... Tonight in the wide, wide world of sports on ice: • The Nashville Predators host the Dallas Stars • The Detroit Red Wings travel to face the GD Phoenix ... Found inside – Page 27 Each Saturday for 37 years, Wide World of Sports opened the same way. ... Host Jim McKay read a narration that became timeless: Spanning the globe to ... Found inside – Page 1271810 ) — Host of ABC ' s Wide World of Sports , commentator on major golf telecasts . I will handle Opening and Closing ceremonies , gymnastics , track and field , and the preOlympics program . Bill Flemming ( rm . 1811 ) — Commentator on ... Found insideLP ABC ' s SUS TERESSE ENTO TEN BE Wide World of Sports SPORTS HEN BES SE ELE ELE RE Long before cable ' s ESPN network ... Jim McKay , a one - time quiz show emcee , has won several Emmy awards as the host of the series . Found inside – Page 429WALT DISNEY WORLD SPORTS * ESPN Wide World ... The 220-acre facility, formerly Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex, plays host to more than 170 amateur ... Found inside – Page 146FALSE: Millions of Americans can recite host Jim McKay's dramatic opening to Wide World of Sports by heart: Spanning the globe to bring you the constant ... Found inside – Page 31Disney's Wide World of Sports serves as the headquarters for sporting ... Atlanta Braves spring training Tampa Bay Buccaneers training camp Host of AAU ... Found inside – Page 3613He has been the frequent host of Wide World of Sports and has also hosted the College Football Scoreboard program . His ability to bring the joy of sports to his audience , to be an incisive and talented journalist , and to bring sports into its ... Found inside – Page 214Disney's Wide World of Sports hosts events and programs that are ideal for families and groups who would like to share in an athletic experience . The Amateur Athletic Union ( AAU ) schedules numerous regional and national championship ... Found insideFor the world's most popular sports host to be moved like that still touches me. ... Wide World of Sports . . . it was everywhere for awhile,” she recalled. Found inside – Page 30in the United States—and elsewhere around the world—that all the hostages had ... as the original host on ABC's Wide World of Sports for more than a decade. Found inside – Page 349NBA Stuff, and Sports World for NBC, while also serving as studio host ... McKay was also the much respected host of the long-running Wide World of Sports, ... Found inside – Page 17Disney's Crowds are heavy through- Disney - MGM Studios and the Wide World of Sports hosts the Walt Disney World Soccer out the month until the Magic ... Found inside – Page 39The Rise of Women in the World of the Men's Sports Betsy M. Ross ... the first woman to serve as host for the legendary Wide World of Sports series on ABC. 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