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Bob Costas

Bob Costas has been with NBC sports since 1979. During this time he has covered every major sport, but is perhaps most identified with the Olympics and baseball. Bob’s first Olympic experience came in Seoul, Korea, in 1988. He has anchored NBC's primetime coverage of the last three Summer Olympics-Barcelona in 1992, Atlanta in 1996, and Sydney in 2000. Most recently, he has hosted the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and Turin, Italy. At age twenty-two, Bob landed a job at KMOX radio in St. Louis, Missouri, one of America’s most prominent radio stations. He broadcast a wide variety of live play-by-play and studio programs. He did regional NFL and NBA telecasts for CBS and was the radio voice of the University of Missouri basketball games as well as the Chicago Bulls. From 1983 through 1989, Bob teamed with Tony Kubek on NBC’s baseball “Game of the Week” telecasts. He hosted the network’s “NFL Live” pre-game show for nine years. In 1988 Bob began to diversify beyond sports broadcasting. He served as a substitute host for Bryant Gumbel on NBC’s “Today Show,” and then went on to host his own late night program, “Later…with Bob Costas” which he left in February 1994. In the past few years Costas returned to baseball, handling play-by-play for NBC’s all-star, playoff... Next

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