Bob Costas: Networks spend millions on NFL broadcasters for “prestige”
"Football not only reigns over all sports as a business property. It reigns over all American entertainment"
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Bob Costas: Pro athletes should be able to play with COVID if league reaches 100% vaccination
"Otherwise, you’re gonna have this hodgepodge situation every season with every league, until the virus is completely gone."
Bob Costas: David Letterman/CBS made him ‘tempting’ offer to leave NBC for ‘Late Late Show’ & ’60 Minutes’ roles
"At a different crossroads in my life, I undoubtedly would have done it."
Bob Costas: ‘I don’t know if I’m always as good as I once was’
"There’s probably 10 percent where it’s not quite what it used to be."
Bob Costas reportedly could host the NLCS on TBS
Bob Costas' role in the WarnerMedia empire may be expanding.
Bob Costas will interview Charles Barkley and Aly Raisman in “Back on the Record” debut
"We are going to be a quarterly show, and each segment has to be about something larger than just the day’s events."
Bomani Jones will contribute to Bob Costas’ HBO interview show “Back on the Record,” which premieres Friday
Back on the Record premieres on HBO Friday at 11 p.m. Eastern/Pacific, and will also be available on HBO Max.
Bob Costas says the Twitter account with his name was a fake: “The fires of hell are still very much blazing.”
Hell has not yet frozen over, and Bob Costas is not yet on Twitter.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver says “best guess” is that 2021 season will begin in January
Silver also said the goal is to play in home arenas with fans in attendance.
MLB Network launches a new “The Sounds Of Baseball” series on iconic broadcasters, beginning with Vin Scully
Each episodes of The Sounds of Baseball will focus on one famed broadcaster. The series debuts Monday with an episode focusing on Vin Scully.
ESPN, NHLN and NBCSN are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Miracle On Ice, with new specials, “Miracle” showings, and more
Each of the three networks is showing a new special, and NHLN (six times) and ESPN (once) are also re-airing 2004's Miracle. And there's a lot more coverage on the way as well.
Exclusive clip: Brockmire tells Bob Costas he gave him pinkeye: “The tough part was getting it into the second eye”
"After all I've done, if you Google my name, the first thing that comes up is pinkeye, before all the honors, even before 'Bob Costas feet.' And as it happens, my feet are goddamn delightful!"
