Beano Cook, the longtime ESPN folksy college football analyst, passed away in his sleep in Pittsburgh at the age of 81, the University of Pittsburgh, Mr. Cook's alma mater, announed on Thursday.
Beano was the sports information director at Pitt from 1956 to 1966 and had held a variety of jobs before joining the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.
Beano had worked at ESPN since 1986.
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Happy 30th Birthday, ESPN!
On this date, 30 years ago, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly referred to as ESPN, went on the air. That's host Lee Leonard, running down the scheduled programming for that night, then introducing George Grande, who was getting set to anchor the inaugural edition of SportsCenter.
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