RIP Bob Holt, Arkansas beat writer

[Inky_Wretch]

I didn’t see this elsewhere, but he collapsed Saturday going back to the press box at Mizzou after the postgame interviews.

He’s not doing very well. I get the impression he’s not going to make it.

Edit: Bob died Wednesday night.

 

[SixToe]

Dang, that's awful. He's been there forever.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Holy crap, best wishes. Any news?

 

[swingline]

If he had to climb up to where press row is now, he'd damn near need a Sherpa and oxygen.

Best wishes, Bob.

 

[Patchen]

An institution for Razorback coverage. Best wishes.

 

[As The Crow Flies]

That's terrible. Bob is one of my favorite humans in journalism.

 

[Della9250]

The word you wouldn't want to hear in this situation is starting to trickle out.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Yeah, he passed on last night. RIP.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

What a great tribute.

https://www.al.com/sec/2024/12/casa...-the-one-sports-writer-nobody-could-hate.html

 

[dixiehack]

What a great tribute.

https://www.al.com/sec/2024/12/casa...-the-one-sports-writer-nobody-could-hate.html

Was just coming to see if anyone posted this excellent column.

The hole he leaves in this industry and in his adopted hometown of Fayetteville is larger than he would’ve realized or cared to admit. That’s because the longtime Razorback beat writer for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette was too kind to acknowledge how universally beloved he was.

Truly, he was the unicorn at any SEC media event without a professional rival or enemy. In a business that’s a Bravo reality show without the cameras, Bob might’ve been the only one in a media days workroom who everyone liked.

Even the coaches.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

Such an amazing tribute. Only shared a few press boxes and press conferences with him, but Casagrande really nailed it - it was impossible to dislike him.

RIP.

 

[MileHigh]

What a great tribute.

https://www.al.com/sec/2024/12/casa...-the-one-sports-writer-nobody-could-hate.html

Tremendously done.

RIP.

 

[nickp]

There won’t be another Bob Holt

 

[ChrisLong]

RIP, sir.

 

[maumann]

Damn. I never traveled in his circle but based on the people who did, I feel like I missed someone special. Prayers for his family and friends.

 

[MeanGreenATO]

I covered the SEC for a few years and Bob was as good as everyone said he was. Just awesome to be around and talk to and someone who always did the job the right way, as corny as that might sound. I believe he and Jerry Tipton were the longest-tenured writers in the conference.

Also, really awesome to see the Casagrande tribute posted here. Because of how much the college media landscape has changed, there was definitely a good bond between all the newspaper writers in the conference because we all dealt with similar challenges. Bob did as much for any state's sports coverage as anyone in the history of sports writing, IMO.

 

[HanSenSE]

 

[dixiehack]

Here was the article from 2014 Media Days Casablanca referenced, which is the basis on which a Birmingham writer wound up eulogizing a scribe from Arkansas a decade later.

https://www.al.com/sports/2014/07/bob_holt_sec_media_days_arkansas.html

 

[utilityman]

Bob covered Missouri basketball for me when I was sports editor at The Columbia Missourian, and I knew then he had the makings of a brilliant sports reporter while maintaining his wonderful demeanor. I'm so sorry to learn of his passing.

 

[swingline]

Heck, even a local sportscaster mentioned Bob in his newscast the other night.