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?He never called a Super Bowl, a Stanley Cup final or a World Series, but Jim McKay has been the most important sports broadcaster not named Cosell. As host of ABC's Wide World of Sports for nearly 30 years beginning in 1961, he spanned the globe to introduce us to a variety of rarely seen sports—the Grand Prix of Monaco, cliff diving in Acapulco, barrel jumping at Grossinger, N.Y.'s falls—that mesmerized viewers and begat the action sports mania of today. He also hosted 12 Olympics, and at the 1972 Games in Munich he delivered the news that 11 Israeli athletes had been killed by terrorists. "When I was a kid, my father used to say our greatest hopes and our worst fears are seldom realized," McKay told ABC viewers. "Our worst fears have been realized tonight....

They're all gone." His 56-year career is the subject of Jim McKay: My World in My Words a rich documentary premiering on Feb. 24 on HBO at 10 p.m. McKay, a former Baltimore Evening Sun reporter, wrote and narrated the piece, which is filled with Wide World footage ( McKay traveled some 4� million miles for the show) and interviews with those he covered ( Olga Korbut) and worked with ( Walter Cronkite, Peter Jennings). At a screening in New York City last week, McKay, 81, seemed awed by his own accomplishments. "How many people in the world could ever have had a lifetime like that?" he said.

?Whether or not you agree with his harsh assessment of Annika Sorenstam's prospects at the PGA Tour's Colonial, at least CBS golf analyst Lanny Wadkins wasn't afraid to speak his mind. "I just don't think she can compete," Wadkins said during last Saturday's coverage of the Buick Invitational. "I don't think that her game in any way, shape or form matches the top players on our Tour."