Bob Costas: ‘Anyone who says that politics has no place in sports has to be abysmally unaware of the history here’
On Meet The Press, Bob Costas covered the history of sports' intersections with politics.
On Meet The Press, Bob Costas covered the history of sports' intersections with politics.
"The definitive story of the Dallas Cowboys and Jerry Jones’ impact on NFL history."
"I'm there as a great sounding board for anything they want to do."
Marsch's pre-tournament comments that "not one guy called me" to opt out differed from his "we're missing half our group" post-event line.
Strong introduced Damion Downs, called his goal with emotion, and then let the crowd tell the story.
"Instead of three, it's looking like this will be one."
"Modern betting menus, with countless prop bets, potentially incentivize attempts at corruption."
"I’d go, ‘Hey, we have to do this.’ ‘Oh, you can't say ‘We gotta go.’ But that's my team, right?"
"Insert @DownGoesBrown joke here about things happening to Senators laptops on draft day."
While the international viewers watching this WWE event saw a power outage interruption, U.S. viewers won't see that thanks to tape delay.
"This is the worst Tyson impersonation I have ever heard. Give up on it."
"We were unable to agree on a path forward..."
"Making the tournament free was a deliberate move to lower the barrier of entry and introduce new audiences to DAZN."
"It really feels like we’re in a growth year."
"You’d have a better chance at pissing in a hot sauce bottle than having any sort of substantial growth with games like that."
Quarterback's first season went away from Marcus Mariota as he struggled and eventually lost his job. Will that happen with Kirk Cousins in S2?
"I'm looking forward to July 12, getting back to SportsCenter and getting back to work."
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"I dunno. Tall, athletic?"
Smith's point here almost got cut off by the shift to commercial.
"It will empower you; you'll think you're crazy, but then all of a sudden, you'll realize 'What else can I challenge myself to?'"
The UFC's rights could get spread around more in their next deals.