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Wide World of Sports (American TV program)
Television series
This article is about the television program on ABC in the United States. For other uses, see Wide World of Sports (disambiguation).
ABC's Wide World of Sports is an American sportsanthology television program that aired on ABC from April 29, 1961, to 1997, primarily on Saturday afternoons. Hosted by Jim McKay, with a succession of co-hosts beginning in 1987, the title continued to be used for general sports programs on the network until 2006. In 2007, Wide World of Sports was named by Time on its list of the 100 best television programs of all time.
Weekend sports news updates on sister radio network ABC Sports Radio, operated by Cumulus Media Networks, continue to be branded under the similar title ABC's World of Sports. The program also lent its name to an athletic facility at Walt Disney World, the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, which was originally known as Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex from its opening in 1997 (one year after The Walt Disney Company acquired ABC and an 80% stake in ESPN) until 2010.
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[edit]Wide World of Sports was the creation of Edgar Scherick through his company, Sports Programs, Inc. After selling his company to ABC, he hired a youn
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With the winter Olympics beginning soon, the name Vinko Bogataj comes to mind. Anyone remember him?
Vinko was a ski-jumper from Yugoslavia who, while competing in the 1970 World Ski-Flying Championship in Obertsdorf, West Germany, fell off the takeoff ramp and landed on his head. A film crew from The Wide World of Sports was recording the event when Bogataj crashed. When the popular show aired in the United States, host Jim McKay narrated those famous words, “The thrill of victory,” and he used Bogataj’s failed jump to perfectly illustrate “the agony of defeat.” Millions of Americans saw Bogataj’s failure over and over again, every time The Wide World of Sports aired.
Bogataj was hospitalized, but recovered and returned to competition. He later became a ski instructor and then a coach. He’s married and has two daughters. Today, he’s turned his hobby of painting into a successful venture with exhibits around the world.
Years after his famous fall, Bogataj was interviewed—unaware of his celebrity in the United States—and was surprised that his failed jump had been played thousands of times on American television. At the 20th anniversary of The Wide World of Sports, he was invited to attend and received the loudest ovation of any athlete at the gala.
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