Ten years ago today a legend in the college football media world left us as Beano Cook passed away. The 1954 University of Pittsburgh graduate went on to become one the most recognizable faces ...

Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - Beano Cook, the colorful college football expert best known for his 26-year stint with ESPN, passed away Thursday at the age of 81. Renowned for his dry wit and an ...

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When he passed away in 2012, Beano Cook left behind an unfinished manuscript and collection of stories that need one final push to the finish. John D. Lukacs, Cook's colleague and longtime friend, ...

PITTSBURGH -- Beano Cook, the college football commentator with an encyclopedic knowledge of the sport he dearly loved, has died. The 81-year-old Boston native had worked for ESPN since 1986 and was ...

Beano Cook and Joe Paterno once nearly came to blows over a recruit, one who eventually was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Paterno reminded Cook of that incident years, telling him, "I ...

As ABC and ESPN expanded coverage of college football in the ‘80s and ‘90s, Cook – the “unmade bed” with a voice “like a plumbing fixture gargling Drano” – left an indelible impression on those who ...

This article originally appeared on pittsburghsportsnow.com. Legendary Pitt man Beano Cook has finally been selected for a prestigious honor. Cook, who served as the sports information director at ...