Longtime Pittsburgh sportscaster Beano Cook was remembered by colleagues and friends at a memorial luncheon on Wednesday.When reminiscing about Cook, who died in October at the age of 81, the word ...

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 (AP) -- The folksy ESPN college football commentator Carroll "Beano" Cook has died. The 81 year-old commentator had worked for the sports network since 1986 and was the sports information ...

There’s been no word of the College Gameday schedule for this year’s College Football season, and I’m sure ESPN is waiting to announce them all at once. Unfortunately for the powers that be, Beano ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The folksy ESPN college football commentator Carroll "Beano" Cook has died. The 81 year-old commentator had worked for the sports network since 1986 and was the sports information ...

Beano Cook, the former ABC and CBS publicist who became an ABC and ESPN studio commentator, had fascinating stories about myriad facets of sports and TV from over a half-century spent in the business.

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PITTSBURGH — Carroll H. “Beano” Cook, a colorful sports commentator known by many as the pope of college football, has died. He was 81. His death was announced by the University of Pittsburgh. Cook ...

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 ...

I didn’t actually see him, so I won’t believe it until I do, but apparently Beano Cook is trying to make a comeback on the leader. Student Body Right found this throwaway at the end of Hiestand’s ...