*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. ESPN personality Beano Cook dies Beano Cook, the college football commentator with an encyclopedic knowledge of the sport he ...

LITTLE ROCK — In 1969, Beano Cook was an ABC executive who had a brainstorm. He got the Texas-Arkansas game moved to the last game of the season. The teams came in ranked Nos. 1 and 2, and for many it ...

ESPN's iconic 'College GameDay' first began as a studio show in 1987 with Tim Brando and Lee Corso providing play-by-play and analysis on the weekend's games. The show soon evolved to its current, ...

I was saddened on Thursday to hear of the passing of legendary college football historian and journalist Beano Cook, who passed away in his sleep at the age of 81. Back in the ’80’s and early ’90’s, ...