The trio who shared the most-valuable honors were introduced by Bob Broeg, sports editor of the Post-Dispatch.

* 1951 – Bob Varsha, American sports commentator

* 1946 – Bob Ryan, American sports columnist

* 1952 – Bob Costas, American sports commentator

* 1918 – Bob Broeg, American sports writer ( d. 2005 )

Also among the early 32 members were syndicated panel cartoonists Dave Breger ( Mister Breger ), George Clark ( The Neighbors ), Bob Dunn ( Just the Type ) and Jimmy Hatlo ( They'll Do It Every Time ); freelance magazine cartoonists Abner Dean and Mischa Richter, editorial cartoonists Rube Goldberg ( New York Sun ), Burris Jenkins ( New York Journal American ), C. D. Batchelor ( Daily News ) and Richard Q. Yardley ( The Baltimore Sun ); sports cartoonist Lou Hanlon ; illustrator Russell Patterson and comic book artists Joe Shuster and Joe Musial.

By March 1947, the NCS had 112 members, including Bud Fisher ( Mutt and Jeff ), Don Flowers ( Glamor Girls ), Bob Kane ( Batman ), Fred Lasswell ( Barney Google and Snuffy Smith ), George Lichty ( Grin and Bear It ), Zack Mosley ( The Adventures of Smilin ' Jack ), Alex Raymond ( Rip Kirby ), Cliff Sterrett ( Polly and Her Pals ) and Chic Young ( Blondie ), plus editorial cartoonists Reg Manning and Fred O. Seibel and sports cartoonist Willard Mullin.

* Prime Time Sports, a sports talk program hosted by Bob McCown.

* March 18 – Bob Broeg, American sports writer ( d. 2005 )

Omaha is the birthplace of numerous important historical and modern sports figures, including 1960 Summer Olympics gold medalist and NBA star Bob Boozer ; Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Gibson ; 1989 American League Rookie of the Year Gregg Olson ; NFL running back Ahman Green ; Heisman Trophy winners Johnny Rodgers and Eric Crouch ; Pro Football Hall of Famer Gale Sayers ; and champion tennis player Andy Roddick.

In addition, Buck ’ s late younger brother, Bob Buck was a sportscaster and sports director at KMOX / KMOV-TV in St. Louis.

In early 1967, a group of six investors ( among them attorney Richard Tinkham, John DeVoe, Chuck DeVoe, sports agent Chuck Barnes and Indianapolis Star sports writer Bob Collins ) pooled their resources to purchase a franchise in the proposed American Basketball Association.

* Bob McCown ( b. 1952 ), or The Bobcat, sports talk show host from Toronto

* Bob Costas, NBC sports commentator

In the schools, in 1962-63, Walter Hall was superintendent ; William Guthrie, principal ; in the high school, Bob Mahaffey taught vocational agriculture ; Floyd Blankenship taught various science courses ; Dean Blankenship taught history ; Wayne Barlow taught industrial arts ; Bill Halbrook taught physical education and was the coach for sports.

* Bob Douglas ( 1882 – 1979 ), US-American sports manager, founder of the New York Renaissance

* January 26 – Bob Uecker, sports commentator, actor

* He is the only person to record victories in the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500 stock car race, the 24 Hours of Daytona ( twice, with co-driver Bob Wollek ), the 24 Hours of Le Mans international sports car endurance race in Le Mans, France, as well as the 12 Hours of Sebring ( his last major professional win, in 1985, with co-driver Bob Wollek ).

Bob and Bill borrowed $ 1800 from their mother and each bought one third of the local sports shop called Dive N ' Surf.

In boxing, one of the most prominent sports memorabilia collectors is Bob Pace, who sells everything from fight posters to autographs.

He has been named " Phooey Duck " by Disney comic editor Bob Foster.

) Bob McLain, the publisher and editor of Gaming Universal, further popularized the hobby by writing articles that appeared in many of the leading mainstream gaming magazines of the time.

Robert Anton Wilson ( born Robert Edward Wilson, January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007 ), known to friends as " Bob ", was an American author and polymath who became at various times a novelist, philosopher, psychologist, essayist, editor, playwright, poet, futurist, civil libertarian and self-described agnostic mystic.

Raimi often works with film editor Bob Murawski, a fellow Michigan State University alumnus ; among Raimi's films edited by Murawski include the Spider-Man movies, The Gift, and Army of Darkness.

In a controversial move, X-Men editor Bob Harras sided with Lee ( and Uncanny X-Men artist Whilce Portacio ) over Claremont in a dispute over plotting.

According to comic book writer and editor Bob Budiansky, The Transformers character Shockwave was inspired by Spock.

The characters were created by publisher / editor John L. Goldwater, written by Vic Bloom and drawn by Bob Montana.

He has been named Phooey by Disney comic editor Bob Foster.

Executive editor Ben Bradlee put the paper's reputation and resources behind reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who, in a long series of articles, chipped away at the story behind the 1972 burglary of Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate Hotel complex in Washington.

* Bob Murawski, Academy Award winning film editor

* Flasnick, Bob, editor ( 1992 ).

Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine attributes The Beatles ' shift toward introspective songwriting in the mid-1960s to Bob Dylan's influence at the time.

Current residents include Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, past Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee, Washington Post Watergate reporter and current assistant managing editor Bob Woodward, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and Montana Senator Max Baucus, among others.

* Bob Bird – final Scottish News of the World editor

Alumni in Hollywood include actors such as Anthony Heald, Robert Urich and William Fawcett ; comedian Dick Martin, comedian Jackie Martling, film director Sam Raimi, and Academy Award winning film editor of The Hurt Locker and the Spider-Man films, Bob Murawski, as well as screenwriter David Magee.

" It would be hard to overestimate the contributions to my newspaper and to my time as editor of that extraordinary reporter, Bob Woodward – surely the best of his generation at investigative reporting, the best I've ever seen.

In the spring of 2006, a variety of longtime Sun-Times writers and columnists took buyouts, including sports columnist Ron Rapoport, sports reporter Joe Goddard, society and gardening columnist Mary Cameron Frey, book editor Henry Kisor, page designer Roy Moody and photographer Bob Black.

In 1956, following a 17 − 0 loss to USC, Hayes threw a punch at Los Angeles Examiner sportswriter Al Bine, but missed and punched the brother of Pasadena Independent sports editor Bob Shafer in the back.

In 2004, Sommers founded his own company ( along with editor / producing partner Bob Ducsay ), The Sommers Company, and returned to theater screens with Van Helsing, a film pitting legendary vampire hunter Gabriel Van Helsing against the triumvirate of Universal movie monsters: Count Dracula, The Wolf Man, and Frankenstein's monster.

" In 2012, editor Bob Silvers told The New York Times, " The great political issues of power and its abuses have always been natural questions for us.

In 1976 he portrayed Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee in the film All the President's Men, based on the book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward.

* Peaches Geldof's role as magazine editor in an MTV reality show-produced by a company owned by her father Bob Geldof.