 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1972, NBC yakaratidza Mitambo yeZima kubva kuSapporo, Japan, ipapo ABC yakadzoka kuzotakura Mitambo yeZhizha muMunich, Germany. Yakanga iri panguva yeMitambo yeZhizha apo magandanga ePalestine akarwisa Musha weOlympic ndokuuraya vatambi veIsrael 11. Kunyange zvazvo Chris Schenkel akanga ari muenzi chaiye weMitambo gore iroro, Arledge akapa nyaya yacho kuna McKay zvikurukuru nokuti akanga ari mutori wenhau womunharaunda muBaltimore, Maryland asati apinda CBS uye gare gare ABC. McKay akabatanidzwa pane seti neABC nhau munyori uye aimbova uye ramangwana manheru nhau anchor Peter Jennings, uye kufukidzwa kwakaramba kuchienderera kwemaawa mazhinji, kusvikira mhedzisiro yazivikanwa. Howard Cosell akaenda neboka rokutora mifananidzo kuti vawane bvunzurudzo mumusha. McKay gare gare akawana mubayiro weEmmy nokuda kwebasa rake. 