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As Media Changes, Bob Costas Hopes Standards Remain
“Some people are cynics, and they confuse cynicism alone with insight. That’s not me.”
Bob Costas: ‘What Works for a Competitive Edge Does Not Work for Entertainment’
"It's not so pleasing to see two teams combine for 80 3-point attempts in a game."
Bob Costas: Warriors Can’t Be 90s Bulls Because NBA Is ‘Essentially a Cable Product’
"Those games were on NBC. We would show doubleheaders and sometimes tripleheaders on network television when the media landscape was much, much different."
Boomer Esiason: ‘Revisionist History’ For Bob Costas To Say He ‘Was Off His Game’ During MLB Postseason
"He just kept talking, and talking, and talking."
MLB Network Devoting 9 Hours to Hall of Fame Vote Coverage
"MLB Network has been the exclusive home of the annual Hall of Fame class announcement since 2009."
Bob Costas Re-Lives First Announcing Assignment For NBC
"My biography usually says I began with them in 1980, but technically the first time I was on the air with them was in December 1979."
Dan Dakich: Bob Costas Calling Out Athletes ‘Gives Me A Headache’
"Bob Costas sits there with his little fake glasses and his little preppy look, and next thing you know, he's calling out professional athletes."
Mike Francesa: Bob Costas is ‘Driving Everybody Crazy’
"It’s almost like Bob’s been locked away somewhere just dying to talk, and now you can’t shut him up.”
Bob Costas: Vin Scully Wouldn’t Be Able to Be Vin Scully Today
"The commercial imperatives are such that there's more drop-ins during games including a dragon swooping into Yankee Stadium in simulated form in Game One."
Yankees/Guardians Most Watched LDS Opener Since 2018
5.35 million viewers tuned into the contest on TBS, making it the largest Game 1 audience since the Yankees faced the Red Sox in 2018.