The Baseball Gods Giveth. The Baseball Gods Taketh. Bob Costas knows. For the first time since announcing his retirement as a play-by-play announcer, the 72-year-old broadcaster reflected on an illustrious career and what prompted his decision to step away now. Costas joined Verducci on MLB Tonight to talk about his decision to retire from play-by-play … Read more
We won’t have Bob Costas to kick around any longer. Costas, 72, is retiring from calling MLB games, The Athetic’s Andrew Marchand reported. Costas has been calling baseball games since the 1980s and most recently was on the announce team for TBS. Bob Costas is retiring from MLB play-by-play. Getty Images During the 1990s, he … Read more
Sports broadcasting legend Bob Costas weighed into the ongoing conversation about the hard foul committed on Caitlin Clark over the weekend and the ensuing response during an appearance on CNN’s “NewsNight” on Monday. The debate and dialogue over Chennedy Carter’s flagrant foul on Clark late in the third quarter of Saturday’s Sky-Fever game was well … Read more
Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Costas chit-chats with Post columnist Steve Serby in a Q&A: Q: Your three all-time favorite interviews? A: Paul McCartney; Ted Williams; Marilu Henner, for reasons people will have to Google. Q: The greatest Major League Baseball team you ever watched? A: As a kid I think about the ’61 Yankees, … Read more
Bob Costas had a rough playoff outing. Costas joined Bill Maher on the comedian’s “Club Random” podcast and admitted that he didn’t have a great performance in the ALDS, where his play-by-play of the Yankees series was widely panned. “This past October I did the Yankees and the Guardians in the Division Series and I … Read more