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By David Mullen As is the tradition of this column at the beginning of a new year, we look back at the personalities who passed away in the previous year but had a profound impact on the sports that they served. Many were pinnacles of their game, including seven baseball Hall of Famers and one who deserves enshrinement. Members of Cooperstown who passed were Al Kaline, 85, the classy right-handed hitter called “Mr. Tiger,” Tom Seaver, 75, the most visible player on the “Amazing Mets” 1969 World Series champion team, St. Louis Cardinals legends Lou Brock, 81, one of the greatest leadof...

Alamo Bowl pits Colorado's Broussard vs depleted Texas D | 2020/12/29

Alamo Bowl: No. 20 Texas (6-3) vs Colorado (4-1) , Dec. 29, 9 p.m. Eastern (ESPN)

One of the coolest things about being a journalist, particularly a sports journalist, is the people you get to meet. I once was in the Philadelphia 76ers’ locker room when Charles Barkley played. I interviewed Gene Keady bunches of time when a student at Purdue while writing with the Purdue Exponent. I interviewed Jud Heathcote, too, and Lou Holtz and even got Bob Knight to answer a question once. Getting face time (the real kind) with sports figures most people could only see on television was a big perk. It’s how I met Fred Akers. Akers, who had the third-most wins in University o...