Remember then?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

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[True Dough]

1. Yes, with Jim McKay as the host

I was a young lad at the time, but I remember watching weekend sports with my dad.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

5. ☺️

[Sogo]

2. Yes! Every Saturday afternoon. Loved it!

What ever happened to the "agony of defeat" guy?

[quaint]

4. Changed to the Agony of Delete

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. 🤗

The "agony of defeat skier" refers to Vinko Bogataj, a Slovenian ski jumper whose dramatic crash during a 1970 competition became the iconic visual for the phrase "the agony of defeat" on ABC's Wide World of Sports. While Bogataj was unaware of his accidental fame for decades, he later attended anniversaries of the show and became an unlikely American icon. He sustained injuries, including a broken ankle and a concussion, but was able to continue his life and has since become an accomplished painter.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. We didn't know it at the time but it was all about money then too.

Yet the sponsors seemed so home-townie, safe, predictable. It ain't your grandfather's sports anymore.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

7. 😢

[rurallib]

8. I had never noticed what comes after the "agony of defeat" guy

Looks like Irish hurling in all its glory with some poor schmuck running his face into an elbow and getting knocked out.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

9. 😬

[LudwigPastorius]

10. That's great theme music by Charles Fox.

Just some of his other work:

[Floyd R. Turbo]

11. 🤗