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Costas' tightly formatted half time shows often allow sports figures to get away with bitter cant and shameless self-promotion. It's a gig Costas is eager to outgrow. During the Games he is determined to curtail Olympic hype, and he intends to refrain pointedly from calling every upcoming event...
A handful of viewers already know Costas as the best sit-down interviewer on television -- as host of Later with Bob Costas, the one network "talk" show where conversation takes place on a regular basis. Tucked away in the time slot behind David Letterman from Monday to Thursday, the half...
Costas' commitment to Later (and to remaining in St. Louis) is striking. When the Today show was still reeling from the Deborah Norville fiasco and Gumbel was haggling over his contract, NBC executives reportedly let Costas know that the hosting slot was his for the asking. He wasn't interested...
But for now, Costas must draw upon a year of memorizing Olympic facts and cramming history to meet his greatest professional challenge. As Olympics ringmaster, Costas has the best -- and hottest -- seat in the house. Characteristically, he deflects the pressure with a joke. The Barcelona assignment, he says, is just...
Even before he takes over the job of anchoring NBC'S coverage of the games, Bob Costas wants to change it