When longtime St. Petersburg Times sports columnist Hubert Mizell retired, the paper published a section on May 20, 2001, that included some of his statistics and highlights commemorating his career:
Major events covered
42 College football bowl games
33 Masters golf tournaments
32 Final Fours
31 Super Bowls
16 World Series
12 U.S. Opens (golf)
12 Kentucky Derbies
9 PGA Championships
8 Wimbledons
6 British Opens
6 Summer Olympics (Munich, Montreal, Los Angeles, Seoul, Barcelona, Atlanta)
4 Winter Olympics (Lake Placid, Sarajevo, Calgary, Albertville)
3 U.S. Opens (tennis)
3 Indianapolis 500s
3 Ryder Cups
1 World Cup (soccer)
1 Evel Knievel near-jump of Snake River Canyon in Idaho
Favorite college football settings
1. Notre Dame
2.Florida
3.Nebraska
4.Florida State
5.Ohio State
6.Georgia
7.Michigan
8.North Carolina
9.Georgia Tech
10.Penn State
Favorite (and highly quotable) athletes with whom to deal
1.Arnold Palmer
2.Steve Young
3.Pete Maravich
4.Jack Nicklaus
5.Magic Johnson
6.Martina Navratilova
7.Richard Petty
8.Warren Sapp
9.Nick Price
10.John Lynch
Most honorable athletes he knew
1.Lee Roy Selmon
2.Nancy Lopez
3.Tony Dungy
4.Archie Manning
5.Arthur Ashe
6.John Lynch
7.Danny Wuerffel
8.Shane Battier
9.Cal Ripken Jr.
10.Steve Young
Stadiums in which he least enjoyed working, because of weather, comfort or locale
1.RFK, Washington
2.Patriots, Foxborough, Mass.
3.Shea, New York
4.Yankee, New York
5.Tiger, Detroit
Most mesmerizing interviews
1.Muhammad Ali
2.Bobby Jones
3.Jackie Robinson
4.Joe DiMaggio
5.Red Grange
6.Charles Atlas
7.Jesse Owens
20 highest-impact athletes
1.Muhammad Ali
2.Jackie Robinson
3.Billie Jean King
4.Michael Jordan
5.Tiger Woods
6.Pele
7.Wayne Gretzky
8.Joe DiMaggio
9.Arthur Ashe
10.Arnold Palmer
11.Jack Nicklaus
12.Richard Petty
13.Jim Brown
14.Martina Navratilova
15.Magic Johnson
16.Larry Bird
17.Joe Montana
18.Carl Lewis
19.Jesse Owens
20.Bob Knight
Favorite sportscasters
1. Pat Summerall
2.Jim McKay
3.Bob Costas
4.Jack Whitaker
5.Howard Cosell
6.Jack Buck
7.Vin Scully
8.Chris Berman
9.Lindsey Nelson
10.Dick Vitale