I’m at 30,000 feet when I get the update, relayed via text message and Wi-Fi, technological wonders that Bob Hammel could not have imagined when he filed stories from Munich, Maui, or Madison Square Garden: I am not surprised.

IndyStar IU insider Zach Osterman first reached out to Bob Hammel for a class assignment. That encounter was much like memories shared of Hammel's decorated career.