Quite a number Saturday afternoons in my youth were spent watching ABC's Wide World of Sports, hosted by gentleman sportscaster Jim McKay. I've never been a hard-code sports fan, but Wide World made sports interesting. I don't know why they would ditch that format. There was a surprising variety of sporting activities and competitions, both traditional and unusual. You might go from Olympic trial weightlifting to an overview of the latest prize fight (so popular in the 70's, they were like the Super Bowl is today, only more frequent) to tobogganing to a lumberjack competition. And it would be completely different the next week. Sadly, a link to that vibrant era passed on Saturday, with the passing of Jim McKay.
