Tim Mimick, a longtime sportswriter at The Gazette in Colorado Springs, died Sunday at Genoa (Neb.) Community Hospital of complications from cancer. He was 55.
Mimick, a 1975 graduate of the University of Nebraska, was a Gazette sportswriter from 1979-2003 and covered most of the newspaper’s major Front Range beats, including the Nuggets and the football and basketball teams at the University of Colorado, Air Force and Colorado State.
He retired from journalism after covering the NCAA Tournament in 2003 and returned to Columbus, Neb., his hometown, to be closer to his family.
“I had the greatest respect in the world for Tim,” former Air Force football coach Fisher DeBerry said from his home in Isle of Palms, S.C.
“He loved doing what he did for a living. To me, he was more than a great sportswriter. He was a great friend as well. He was a pleasure to work with. He always looked for the positive in everything he did. I know my players loved being covered by him because they knew Tim had great admiration for them and for the academy.
“He will be greatly missed.”
Mimick’s funeral Mass is Thursday at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Columbus.
