Sports Former USA TODAY sports columnist Tom Weir dies at 70. He was ‘the best of us’ July 20, 2023 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY Comments Off on Former USA TODAY sports columnist Tom Weir dies at 70. He was ‘the best of us’ Tom Weir was hired as USA TODAY's first full-time Olympics reporter and covered the biggest events in sports, including Super Bowls and World Series.