Many consider this race as one of the greatest horse races of all time including Jim McKay of ABC Sports who labeled it "the best race that I have ever witnessed" during the 1995 Preakness telecast.
Noted ABC sportscaster Jim McKay said of the book: "there are more good stories in horse racing than in any other sport. This is one of them."
Masculinities, Gender Relations, and Sport, co-edited with Jim McKay and Don Sabo (2000, SAGE Publications paperback, No. 13 in the Research on Men and Masculinities Series; ISBN 0-7619-1272-X / hardcover; ISBN 0-7619-1271-1)
The episode was written by Robby Hull and directed by Jim McKay.
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This lead up to the Final Match, which was also live-broadcast on the ABC-Network (Jim McKay served as a co-commentator), was the first live showing of a FIFA World Cup event on U.S. network TV.
He is also remembered for his large supporting role as "Big Jim McKay"' in the 1925 film The Gold Rush, for United Artists, written by and starring Chaplin.