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NEW YORK POST, SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2000
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Bob Costas is:get1ing :~re ' ','
his third ~OI ' ics~:,gearing ·~u.P ·~~Q
. ~_', :~;" produ ~ ',' ",\ on"':bfi1},"':' .'
, '_'Nightnne ,~,,~ , oh;:"yeah
'tryin seball.
I· ~'~ ~
'a" and J
,to cele,
the ,sPort.
latest accom
plishment for the Queens
native whose career is filled
'with them. , ., " ,
, Oostas, first made a name
, for himself covering' the old
ABA basketball league and
then the Chicago Bulls.
But. he made his reputa
tion, hosting baseball's
"Game of the Week", with
Tony" Kubek during, the
'SOs, _, ,_
A, flurry, of activity fol
lowed: NFL pregame
shows, a nationally syndi
cated radio show, the
,Olympics in Seoul, and the
interview show "Later,;
where Costas' excellent
baton back to Marv Albert, interviews with Bruce
ijusf published a book "Fair:' Springsteen and other pop
'Ball"'de'scribing '-'-'iii detail:' cultural .. figures' showed
',:~'hdw -:'and"'why baseoall "people he didn't just follow
',imist, change,'is prepping a ' sports.
'show HBO lind' Accolades followed,
I"j~ettin -ri"Te"i!v host the Including 11 Sports Emmys
; ': in ' and being named
--Sportscaster of the Year by
, his. peers a record seven
times,
Perhaps best of all for this
die-hard "baseball fan,
Costas has become linked
witn that sport as indelibly
, as any player,
His eulogy at Mickey
Mantle's funeral was_pitch,
perfect. his'commonta'1lltln "
Ken-,:Burine',-"BasebaIP \ series was stirring -and his
thoughts about how to res
cue the sport are taken
seriously at, as they say, the,
highest levels:
~I've gotten reaction from
a Illtimber, of owners and' a :
mimb'er::Of, ,managers,,~ ,
','J.rd :1' ~~.I:.' r. ~ 'I', -, i . . 1.1 ...... :.
• _ .' ..... ,:-t'1.f!,J.
some. small markets, some al manager said to me; 'Ydu,,',
middle, and' some 'Iarge ,~ . know, what? ,If I had my,:;
says Costas about his best-' druthers, I'd do what, you,,'
seller, "Fair -Ball"' -which" suggest or substantially "
argues for_salary caps,'prof-' what you suggest tomorroW: ,
it sharing'.and re-aligning ' Even though in the shoq,-:
diviSio~s ,UJl\:: f:£ ·s'".:l1l...i .,d.JJI term it won't help my teamf11
~One-Jarge'm8Pketcg,e{ier' ,! I know it's best for baseball,,,,
-':',""'0 iJ(.·,~ '':'lyx.1.d {f ei c;,u"!w . ,,!','. ... -'. :1' <)0 +
I,
I ,
!' ·. ' .. ~:.: ,._ ; .. ~ ·.r
mitt, With a ~tUp pi~ by'a -'get on n~twork tele~sion ,'
correspondent and 'then I , One luxury' cable can't
, interview ,several people.'
_n,~ ,~~firiitchoice ,We1l maybe ,have a 'town
. acchiimed ' meeting once in a while.
his con-"And if someone is avail-
at the 'time able -a, Tiger Woods,
and the gig ,Michael Jordan, Mark
Bryant Gumbel. . , McGuire, the commissioner
'Co~tas -who is" of the NFL -and they
married with two children want to do an in-depth
and ,lives in St. Louis -,interview, maybe that's
gets"his chance with a one-what it is, The format's flex
hour',show, a sports version' ible enough to fit whatev-
of~Nightlin e." ' er's of interest.
: "Well take some issue or "And of course you don't
topic' and examine it in have'any commercial s. So if
depth. One hour, once a : you have an hour, you've
week. Some of· them might : really got about 58 minutes,
be in the 'Nightline' for-which is a luxury you never i
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......
Bob Costas is:get1ing :~re ' ','
his third ~OI ' ics~:,gearing ·~u.P ·~~Q
. ~_', :~;" produ ~ ',' ",\ on"':bfi1},"':' .'
, '_'Nightnne ,~,,~ , oh;:"yeah
'tryin seball.
I· ~'~ ~
'a" and J
,to cele,
the ,sPort.
latest accom
plishment for the Queens
native whose career is filled
'with them. , ., " ,
, Oostas, first made a name
, for himself covering' the old
ABA basketball league and
then the Chicago Bulls.
But. he made his reputa
tion, hosting baseball's
"Game of the Week", with
Tony" Kubek during, the
'SOs, _, ,_
A, flurry, of activity fol
lowed: NFL pregame
shows, a nationally syndi
cated radio show, the
,Olympics in Seoul, and the
interview show "Later,;
where Costas' excellent
baton back to Marv Albert, interviews with Bruce
ijusf published a book "Fair:' Springsteen and other pop
'Ball"'de'scribing '-'-'iii detail:' cultural .. figures' showed
',:~'hdw -:'and"'why baseoall "people he didn't just follow
',imist, change,'is prepping a ' sports.
'show HBO lind' Accolades followed,
I"j~ettin -ri"Te"i!v host the Including 11 Sports Emmys
; ': in ' and being named
--Sportscaster of the Year by
, his. peers a record seven
times,
Perhaps best of all for this
die-hard "baseball fan,
Costas has become linked
witn that sport as indelibly
, as any player,
His eulogy at Mickey
Mantle's funeral was_pitch,
perfect. his'commonta'1lltln "
Ken-,:Burine',-"BasebaIP \ series was stirring -and his
thoughts about how to res
cue the sport are taken
seriously at, as they say, the,
highest levels:
~I've gotten reaction from
a Illtimber, of owners and' a :
mimb'er::Of, ,managers,,~ ,
','J.rd :1' ~~.I:.' r. ~ 'I', -, i . . 1.1 ...... :.
• _ .' ..... ,:-t'1.f!,J.
some. small markets, some al manager said to me; 'Ydu,,',
middle, and' some 'Iarge ,~ . know, what? ,If I had my,:;
says Costas about his best-' druthers, I'd do what, you,,'
seller, "Fair -Ball"' -which" suggest or substantially "
argues for_salary caps,'prof-' what you suggest tomorroW: ,
it sharing'.and re-aligning ' Even though in the shoq,-:
diviSio~s ,UJl\:: f:£ ·s'".:l1l...i .,d.JJI term it won't help my teamf11
~One-Jarge'm8Pketcg,e{ier' ,! I know it's best for baseball,,,,
-':',""'0 iJ(.·,~ '':'lyx.1.d {f ei c;,u"!w . ,,!','. ... -'. :1' <)0 +
I,
I ,
!' ·. ' .. ~:.: ,._ ; .. ~ ·.r
mitt, With a ~tUp pi~ by'a -'get on n~twork tele~sion ,'
correspondent and 'then I , One luxury' cable can't
, interview ,several people.'
_n,~ ,~~firiitchoice ,We1l maybe ,have a 'town
. acchiimed ' meeting once in a while.
his con-"And if someone is avail-
at the 'time able -a, Tiger Woods,
and the gig ,Michael Jordan, Mark
Bryant Gumbel. . , McGuire, the commissioner
'Co~tas -who is" of the NFL -and they
married with two children want to do an in-depth
and ,lives in St. Louis -,interview, maybe that's
gets"his chance with a one-what it is, The format's flex
hour',show, a sports version' ible enough to fit whatev-
of~Nightlin e." ' er's of interest.
: "Well take some issue or "And of course you don't
topic' and examine it in have'any commercial s. So if
depth. One hour, once a : you have an hour, you've
week. Some of· them might : really got about 58 minutes,
be in the 'Nightline' for-which is a luxury you never i
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