Bob Costas

Happy Thanksgiving! This is a throwback for a separate podcast I'm working on and in development with a partner, THIS IS ONLY THE INTERVIEW PART OF THE PODCAST WITH BOB COSTAS, not the entire podcast. This was the pilot from January '21. On this pilot I am joined by my old NBC Sports former boss and colleague Jeff Sleed as a Co-Host. In this pilot we are deep diving the issues surrounding the world of sports.
PLEASE REMEMBER THIS WAS TAPED IN JAN '21 1/26/21 TO BE EXACT. Pre-Vaccine administration to most Americans, on the day Larry King passed away, and days after Henry Aaron died. Costas has great stories of both. Including dining all the time for breakfast, sans plans, at Larry King's favorite Beverly Hills Deli, when he was in town staying at a nearby hotel while in LA to call a game. Larry was there without fail every morning, and Bob takes us inside their interaction upon seeing each other at the restaurant. Not to mention he sub-hosted for Larry King's CNN show many times. Bob goes deep to discuss the racism Henry Aaron faced breaking Babe Ruth's All-time HR record, and him warming back up to baseball over the years. Bob comments on both those issue. This was days before Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Curt Schilling for the 9th year were denied admission to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Now Bonds, Clemens, and Schilling face their last year of eligibility (year 10 on the ballot) Costas intuitively (listen) didn't think they would get in year nine, and gives his reasons why. But also, his thoughts on year 10 on all three players' chances as the ballot gets even more crowded with the likes of Alex Rodriguez --Costas discusses his case, David Ortiz--Costas discusses his case, Carl Crawford, Jimmy Rollins, and more. Costas even goes down the list of players not just Bonds, Clemens, A-Rod (admission), Ortiz (one failed PED test in 2003 during baseball anonymous survey testing), but others who well let him give his opinion on the likes of Manny Ramirez, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro, and more...
Costas discusses Covid and sports (pre-vaccine), and this taping was during the changing of Presidential Administration (end of January) and Bob discusses the "White House" visits under Trump, which included boycotts, and no-shows. It was mixed during Trump's four years with pro and college championship White House visits, and how he saw a different President only affecting that issue.
Take a listen to the person I consider as intelligent and articulate a person walking planet Earth. Jeff & I ask the questions, he answers them, and his answers never disappoint. While it's my opinion, 29x Emmy Winner Bob Costas is the Sportscasting GOAT.  Bob currently hosts his new show "Back on the Record" on HBO Max, works for MLB Network, and is a CNN contributor.