I met him back in probably 1988 at a political rally. I don't know if he was there for Channel 5 or if it was personal--probably the latter. I recognized him and that just tickled him to death. He was a weekend only reporter at the time, no one knew Mark Howard from Adam...except yours truly, ha! I've spoken to him some since as a Preds reporter, doubt he remembered that meeting, but I always liked his spirit and how he looked like he absolutely loved being a sports reporter and told him so. I'd mentioned that before, back on the "old" NP boards when others were ragging him on one thing or another. Someone from those days contacted me yesterday to wish condolences. I found that very touching that someone would remember that little detail about me from 15-20 years ago.
RIP Mark Howard I will miss you.