Bob Brooks has passed away

[47of74]

Bob Brooks has gone to the big broadcasting booth in the sky;

The NFL had Pat Summerall and John Madden, Major League Baseball had Vin Scully and Harry Caray and boxing had Howard Cosell.

Cedar Rapids — all of Eastern Iowa, really — had Bob Brooks.

Brooks, whose broadcasting career spanned seven decades, died Saturday at age 89.

Brooks had a passion for high schools sports and a devotion to the Iowa Hawkeyes, but he covered everything from professional baseball to the Olympics.

RIP Mr. Brooks.

[rurallib]

1. grew up listening to Brooks, Jim Zabel, Tait Cummings and Gene Clausen do the Hawkeye games

My favorite was Zabel, but it was always fun to check all the different announcers. Eventually I learned that the game any of them described often bore little resemblance to the one I would see on TV, but that was a good part of the fun.

Now if we don't like Dolphin ( and I am not much of a fan of his) then tough - he's your only choice.