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    May 18, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Robert Vigorito to be honored before 30th annual Columbia Triathlon

    Robert Vigorito knew he had changed some lives over the years since he helped start the Columbia Triathlon in 1984. He transformed an inaugural event that attracted fewer than 100 competitors into one of the top triathlons in the country with as many as 2,500 coming to Centennial Park each spring since 1988.
    Robert Vigorito knew he had changed some lives over the years since he helped start the Columbia Triathlon in 1984. He transformed an inaugural event that attracted fewer than 100 competitors into one of the top triathlons in the country with as many as...

    Tags: Triathlon, Human Interest, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Fractured Rib, Heart Disease

    2. May 18, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  2. Book spotlights history of Bowman Gray racing

    Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.
    There are photos of a smiling Richard Petty surrounded by fans and clutching his trophy after winning a Grand National race, Clint Bodford's car crashing through a fence in the 1950s, a group of Grand National drivers -- including Bobby Allison and...

    Tags: Richard Petty, NASCAR, Auto Racing, Stock Car Racing, Book

    3. Jan 23, 2013 |Column| Daily American

  3. The influence of Evel

    I sat back on the banana seat of my Huffy three-speed and gazed down the steep slope of the trail in a way that I thought resembled the way Evel Knievel sat and looked down at the rows of buses lined up between his ramps before a jump. I had ABC's Wide...

    Tags: Broken Bones, Injuries and Wounds

    4. Jun 10, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Remembering Jim McKay

    Baltimoresun.com staff
    Here's what members of the national media are saying about the late Jim McKay, who died Saturday at 86: • ESPN.com's Jeremy Schaap remembers McKay as "a reporter with the soul of a poet": McKay was special not just because he was a solid reporter...

    Tags: Mario Andretti, Journalism, Television Industry, Multi-Sport Events, Career and Workplace

    5. Nov 2, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. 'His words were golden'

    Jim McKay probably would have been a little embarrassed that an entire ballroom of people made such a fuss in his honor last night at the Hilton Baltimore. Throughout his broadcasting career, he always strived to make the story about his subjects, not...

    Tags: Sugar Ray Leonard, Multi-Sport Events, Career and Workplace, Death, Ice Skating

    6. Jun 7, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Jim McKay, sportscaster and Marylander, dies at 86

    Jim McKay, who spoke the first words on a broadcast on Baltimore television and matured with the fledgling medium into one of its most respected and beloved sports commentators, died this morning of natural causes. He was 86.
    Sun reporters
    Jim McKay, who spoke the first words on a broadcast on Baltimore television and matured with the fledgling medium into one of its most respected and beloved sports commentators, died this morning of natural causes. He was 86. McKay lived with his...

    Tags: Television Industry, Multi-Sport Events, Career and Workplace, Death, College Sports

    7. Aug 14, 2008 |Story| WPIX-LTV

  7. Sal Marchiano

    Sal Marchiano, the sports anchor for the CW11 News At Ten, has been reporting sports on New York television for 40 years. Brooklyn-born and bred, Sal has always worked in the New York metropolitan area. In 1963, after graduating from Fordham...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Casey Stengel, New York Giants, Sports, Triple Crown

    8. Feb 24, 2003 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. The face and voice of sports on TV

    Sun Staff
    Jim McKay: My World in My Words, an HBO documentary on the life of the legendary sportscaster, is at its best when it gets personal, very personal - as in his relationship with his wife, Margaret. There's the story about how McKay's hands began shaking...

    Tags: Television Industry, HBO (tv network), Multi-Sport Events, Career and Workplace, Death

    9. Apr 1, 2005 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. 'Dust to Glory'

    In 1971, filmmaker Bruce Brown — previously noted for the surfing ode "Endless Summer" — helped kick-start an explosion of interest in the motorcycle world with his Oscar- nominated documentary "On Any Sunday." More than three decades later, Dana Brown, after asserting himself last year with the surfing documentary "Step Into Liquid," again follows in his father's footsteps (or should we say tire tracks?) with "Dust to Glory," a loud and boisterous but heartfelt chronicle of the 2003 Baja 1000 off-road race.
    Times Staff Writer
    In 1971, filmmaker Bruce Brown — previously noted for the surfing ode "Endless Summer" — helped kick-start an explosion of interest in the motorcycle world with his Oscar- nominated documentary "On Any Sunday." More than three decades later,...

    Tags: Motorcycling, Vehicles, PG Rated Movies, Hobbies, Steve McQueen

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