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MURFREESBORO – Jim Freeman, former Middle Tennessee State University sports information director and public relations expert for Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway passed away here Sunday morning. Freeman was 73.
A native of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Freeman was named Sports Information Director at MTSU in 1969 after serving stints on the staffs of the Daily News Journal and Nashville Banner. In 1976 he joined a small group of MTSU administrators to create the Blue Raider Sports Hall Fame. Over the following 40 years, Freeman was an integral part of the hall of fame process at his beloved alma mater.