 Bob Costas - Since joining NBC in 1980, Bob Costas has handled a wide variety of assignments, including play-by-play, studio hosting and reporting. He first worked on coverage of Major League Baseball, the NFL and college basketball.
From 1982 through 1989, Costas teamed with Tony Kubek on baseball's "Game of the Week" telecasts, forming one of baseball's most popular broadcast teams.
He also hosted All-Star Game pre-game shows the same years and World Series pre-games in 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1988. Finally, under the umbrella of the Baseball Network, Costas handled play-by-play chores for the 1994 All-Star Game and called the 1995 Divisional Series and ALCS games on NBC.
Bob Costas also hosted NBC's late-night coverage of the Games of the XXIV Olympiad from Seoul , Korea . He originated the popular "Costas Coast-to-Coast" nationally syndicated sports talk show heard on Sunday nights, and served as regular host of the program through mid-1996.
He contributes to a variety of NBC News programs, including the prime-time newsmagazine, "Dateline." He also occasionally provides special interviews for NBC's "Today" show.
He has won 12 Sports Emmy Awards, capturing his first for the play-by-play work in 1997 for his call on the World Series. Costas has won Emmy Awards as Outstanding Sports Personality/ Host in 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993,1994, 1995, 1996 and 2000, and for writing in 1988 and 1995.
The latter award was for his moving tribute to the late Mickey Mantle on NBC Nightly News.
Bob Costas has been honored as Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association a record eight times. He won his first in 1985, when at 33 years old, he became the youngest person to win the award. He added awards in 1987 and 1988, in 1991 and 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, and most recently, 2000. Additionally, Costas' interview program "Later with Bob Costas" won the 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series. Broadway Books published his well-received book "Fair Ball: A Fan's Case for Baseball," in March of 2000. The book garnered excellent reviews and spent several weeks on the New York Times best seller list.
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