US EditionBob Hammel, Legendary Indiana Sports Writer and Friend of Bob Knight, Dies at 88
MONROE COUNTY, INDIANA, JUL 21 – Bob Hammel covered 23 NCAA Final Fours and 29 Indiana high school basketball championships during a 52-year career and won Indiana Sportswriter of the Year 21 times.
- On Saturday, Bob Hammel, a veteran IU sportswriter, passed away at 88 in Bloomington, according to reports.
- Hammel's background includes a 52-year career at the Bloomington Herald-Times, covering 23 NCAA Final Fours and 29 Indiana high school tournaments.
- He also authored or co-authored 11 books, including `Glory of Old IU` in 1999, while serving as the only person to preside over the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, the Football Writers Association, and the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.
- Big Ten Conference commissioner Jim Delany said, `Bob Hammel is simply the most important Big Ten writer in the last 50 years` while the IU Athletics X page mourned his loss Sunday.
- Hammel was named Indiana Sportswriter of the Year 17 times and entered several halls of fame, illustrating his lasting influence in sports journalism.
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Hammel, legendary Indiana sports writer and friend of Knight, dies at 88
Bob Hammel, who covered 23 NCAA Final Fours and 29 Indiana high school basketball tournament championships during a 52-year sports writing career that included a close friendship with late Hall of Fame coach Bob Knight, has died. He was 88.
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Bob Hammel, legendary IU sports journalist, passes away at 88
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Legendary Bloomington journalist Bob Hammel died Saturday at the age of 88. The IU Athletics X page mourned the loss Sunday. Hammel told the stories of not only IU sports, but nationally and world-wide. A writer who penned stories on sporting events from the 1972 Munich Olympics to the perfect season of Hoosier basketball in 1976 to the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. Hammel was a former sports editor of the Bloomington Herald-Ti…
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