Sports Photographer Extraordinaire

Steve Cook joined The Sports Buzz Gridiron Gurus pick’ems panel in 2022, and he has managed the Crawford Pirates Football Facebook page since 2009.

Steve started dabbling in photography in 1969 with a Polaroid Swinger camera, before focusing on sports photography in 2001 when a friend asked him if he’d be willing to photograph the Crawford Pirates for a local newspaper. As a result, Cook has been photographing the Pirates for 21 years.

Having worked published in Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine, FOX Sports, ESPN and numerous newspapers, Steve covers Crawford for the school, and Baylor for Yahoo Sports. He has also covered Mary Hardin-Baylor and McLennan Community College.