Jim McKay, the legendary ABC broadcaster who brought a wide world of sports -- including soccer -- to the American public, has passed away this morning at the age of 86. All of the plaudits that he has received over his life and will receive over the coming days are well deserved. He brought dignity, respect, and great detail to his work, and he had a strong sense of a sport's or event's history that he communicated to his audience. Perhaps that's why I remember his World Cup commentaries so well. They were a masterful job of tying together the events of the tournament in a way that very few American commentators were capable.
His death reminds us of what we've lost in American sports broadcasting, and his life and career serve as examples for the next generation of commentators to aspire. RIP.
So true.
Posted by: Brian | June 07, 2008 at 06:23 PM