Tag: Bob Costas
Ten prodigious voices who leaped into play-by-play instantly and enjoyed a sustained career
Precocious Starters I’m sure there are more. Yet great leaps right out of the […]
Bob Costas, America’s long time MLB commentator, shares his thoughts on the pitch clock
Checking in with the always principled Bob Costas Baseball generally moves slowly. Yet at […]
Sports and political TV commentary are similar: Mostly Bad! Muckraking, mudslinging and self-censorship
Cosell was the trail Blazer, yet Costas is the conscience Of TV sportscasters On […]
Fox’ Super Bowl commentary was trite, yet Bob Costas’ and Chris Berman’s were ear-catching
Since the Super Bowl is actually a made for TV event, featuring a series […]
Vin Scully named 2022 Sportscaster of the Year; He died in August at 94; Other notables also identified
SPORTSCASTER OF YEAR – 2022 Vin Scully is inarguably sports’ best ever voice. He had […]
Halby’s Morsels: Network responses; Larsen’s Perfect Game; Costas; Joe Davis is much better
Ian Eagle and Jim Nantz We’ll start when a long-timer check-in anonymous pro. “I […]
Bob Costas is unbeatable on baseball, whether on Turner or on MLB Network
Costas’ MLB Call for TBS Like a Norman Rockwell Painting Tuesday night, New Yorkers […]
Voices who turn 70 in 2022; We’re all getting grayer; For Hubie Brown, 88, he’s amazing and lucky
Hitting age 70 is a milestone. As we get older, our intellectual gifts weaken, some […]
Tony Kubek, 86, a longtime Yankee and NBC MLB broadcaster, lives quietly with family in Wisconsin
A quarter-century ago, network television weekly ferried baseball across the land. Today streaming, cable, and […]
Sports on TV: It seems that winning or losing has become less important than who’s announcing the game
Football Announcers Switching Networks Dominate Coverage Broadcast sports has greatly changed over the years. Networks, […]
Cosell said he told it like it is; But Bob Costas was really the Ed Murrow of his day!
There’s an old adage: Money talks. And recently there has been outsized coverage about […]
Happy 70th birthday to Bob Costas! The prodigy can do anything; His zeal for baseball is irrepressible
Today, Bob Costas turns 70. Below, we continue our series of profiles of past […]