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12 PM to 1 PM - Fox NFL Sunday
with Curt Menefee, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Jimmy Johnson, & Michael Strahan (TV Simulcast)
1 PM to 4 PM - Fox NFL Game Time
with Brian Webber & Derrick Deese
4 PM to 8 PM - Fox NFL Game Time
with Dan Moriarty & Lincoln Kennedy
8 PM to 11 PM - Fox NFL Game Time React
with Jorge Sedano & Ray Buchanan
11 PM to 2 AM - Fox Game Time Rewind
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6a.m. - 10a.m. The Comcast Morning Show with Drew Forrester
10a.m. - 2p.m. The Bob Haynie Show brought to you by Bud Light
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2008
WNST TAILGATE PARTY
RHODE ISLAND VS. TOWSON
Towson University
Johnny Unitas Stadium
Join members of the WNST staff for a tailgate party in Lot 21 (near the Towson Center and Auburn House) from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Look for Miller Lite giveaways and enter to win tickets to the Miller Lite Flight Deck at M & T Bank Stadium. Must be 21 to enter.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008
RAVENS AT INDIANAPOLIS VIEWING PARTY
Pappas Restaurant
1725 Taylor Ave, Baltimore
410-661-4357
1 p.m. kick off.
Join WNST for a Ravens away game viewing party. Enjoy $1.50 Miller lite bottles during the game.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2008
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY'S
JOHN STEADMAN MEMORIAL
TOURNAMENT OF HOPE
Hillendale Country Club
13700 Blenheim Rd, Phoenix
For further information or to volunteer contact Mark McElrath at 410-933-5172 or mark.mcelrath@cancer.org.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2008
1ST ANNUAL FIOFEST
CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT
Turf Valley Golf Resort
2700 Turf Valley Road, Ellicott City
Enjoy a spectacular day of golf followed by a Jimmy Buffet style dinner reception to benefit The Michael A. Fiorelli Foundation for Esophageal Cancer. For details go to fiofoundation.org or call Cindy Henson at 410-538-4555.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2008
RAVENS AT MIAMI VIEWING PARTY
Shucker's of Fells Point
1629 Thames Street, Fells Point
410-522-5820
1 p.m. kick-off
Join WNST for a Ravens away game viewing party. Enjoy $6.00 24 oz. Corona bombers plus giveaways during the game.
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| Posted by: Chris Pika |
6/7/2008 11:36 AM |
 Jim McKay, the Baltimore-raised sportscaster, who went on to fame as the host of ABC's Wide World of Sports and 12 Olympic Games, passed away on Saturday morning at his home in Monkton at the age of 86.
McKay, who moved to Baltimore at 15, graduated from Loyola Blakefield and Loyola College and later went into the infant medium of television after a stint as a reporter for the Baltimore Evening Sun. He joined WMAR-TV (then owned by The Sun) in 1947 and was the first voice ever heard on television in Baltimore.
He remained with WMAR until 1950, when he went to CBS in New York as a host of a variety show, The Real McKay -- a play on the term "the real McCoy." He changed his last name professionally from McManus to McKay at the insistence of a network bigwig. Through the 1950s, his primary assignment at CBS became sports commentary.
After covering the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome for CBS, he moved to ABC, where he started with Wide World of Sports in 1961.
McKay will be best remembered for his coverage of the kidnapping and massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games on Sept. 5, 1972. He rushed to ABC's set after a morning swim, pausing to throw on a shirt, tie and his ABC blazer over his swim trunks before going on the air. He spent most of the next 16 hours relaying information from ABC Sports president Roone Arledge while the drama unfolded. After a rescue attempt was botched at the Munich airport, McKay said this on the air:
"When I was a kid my father used to say our greatest hopes and our worst fears are seldom realized. Our worst fears have been realized tonight. They have now said there were eleven hostages; two were killed in their rooms yesterday morning, nine were killed at the airport tonight. They're all gone."
In later years, he was the founder of the Maryland Million, a series of 12 races designed to promote Maryland's horse breeding industry. The day-long program has grown to become a major racing event in Maryland, second only to the Preakness. The 23rd edition of the Maryalnd Million will run at Laurel on Oct. 4.
McKay's narration of the opening of ABC's Wide World is still a classic in the history of TV sports programs:
"Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport. The thrill of victory ... and the agony of defeat. The human drama of athletic competition ... This is ABC's Wide World of Sports!"
McKay is survived by his wife of 59 years, the former Margaret Dempsey, a former columnist for the Evening Sun; his son, Sean, the president of CBS News and Sports; a daughter, Mary, of Sparks, Md.; and three grandchildren. |
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By Emily on
6/7/2008 2:29 PM |
Growing up in suburbia in a family of six, we seldom attended live sporting events. Without cable TV, one of my weekend staples was "Wide World of Sports". I still see that skiier hitting the slopes in that horrible tumble! Jim McKay brought sports and entertainment to the masses way before ESPN. Thanks, Jim
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By Gary Quill on
6/8/2008 1:08 AM |
The (Maryland) horse racing industry owes a lot to Jim McKay. His vision for having a special day dedicated to Maryland bred horses was the first of its kind. Nearly every state the conducts live horse racing has copied that model for their own home breds. I'll never forget the year one of Jim and (his wife) Margaret McManus' horses (Sean's Ferrari) won a Maryland Million race. During an interview in the Winners Circle, Jim explained the horses name, "He's named after our son Sean who a few years ago wanted a Ferrari... we bought this horse instead...".  |
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Re: Blog & Tackle: Jim McKay 1921-2008 |
By Vince Fiduccia on
6/9/2008 7:12 AM |
Howard Cosell (MNF), McKay (Wide World, Olympics, Horse Racing), Keith Jackson (College Football) and Roone Arledge (The best Sports Producer/President ever) has a better foursome ever been assembled.  |
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By Hooze from Dundalk on
6/10/2008 8:58 AM |
Jim was a great guy. He was approachable, and always had time to talk even when he was very busy. He will surely be missed. I will never forget his voice in one of the most remembered openings in TV sports history. "Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport! The thrill of victory ... and the agony of defeat! The human drama of athletic competition! This is ABC's Wide World of Sports!" Now that's a classic!  |
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