Bob Costas Biography
Bob Costas is a sportscaster from the United States. He presently works as a play-by-play announcer for the MLB Network. The journalist previously hosted the interview show Studio 42 with Bob Costas. He is well known for his long employment with NBC Sports, where he worked from 1980 to 2019. He has garnered 28 Emmy awards for his efforts over the course of his career. Bob hosted the 12 Olympic Games in prime time from 1992 to 2016.
Bob Costas Age
Bob Costas was born in Queens, New York, United States of America on March 22, 1952. He is 69 years old.
Bob Costas Height
Bob stands at an average height of 5 ft 7 in/1.7m
Bob Costas Family
Bob Costas was born on March 22, 1952, in Queens, New York, to parents Jayne Quinlan (mother) and John George Costas (father). His mother is of Irish origin, while his father is a Greek-born electrical engineer. John’s ancestors can be traced back to the Greek island of Kalymnos in the Aegean Sea. On Ken Burns’ Baseball, Bob claimed that he had a really bad connection with his father.
Bob Costas Wife
From 1983 to 2001, Bob was married to his first wife, Carole “Randy” Randall Krummenacher. They are blessed with two kids Taylor who was born in 1989 and Keith born in 1986. He married Jill Sutton, his current wife. On the 12th of March, 2004. The two currently live largely in New York, where Bob was born and reared. Despite being from the New York area, the journalist has stated that St. Louis is his hometown.
Bob Costas Kid
Keith, Bob’s son, was born in 1986. Bob once joked with Kirby Puckett, the Minnesota Twins center fielder, that if he was batting over.350 by the time his son was born, Bob would name him Kirby. Kirby was batting more than.350 by the time Bob had his son. However, Bob’s son was not given the surname Kirby as a first or second name.
Puckett later reminded Bob of the deal, and his son’s name was altered to “Keith Michael Kirby Costas” on his birth certificate. Keith has two Sports Emmys for his work as an associate producer on MLB Network’s MLB Tonight, and his sister Taylor holds a Sports Emmy for her work on NBC’s coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Bob Costas Education
Bob attended Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York after graduating from Commack High School. In 1974, he received a communications degree from the University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
Bob Costas Salary
Bob earns an annual salary of $75,286.
Bob Costas Net Worth
Bob’s estimated net worth is $2 million.
Bob Costas Career
In 2001, he was chosen by HBO to host the 12-week series On the Record with Bob Costas. Because both shows focused on in-depth interviews, the format of the series was similar to that of the old Later program. Costas Now, a monthly issue-oriented sports program, replaced the series in 2005. The renamed series used a town hall format on occasion.
In 2001, he began his tenure as co-host of HBO’s long-running series Inside the NFL. He continued to host Inside the NFL until the completion of the 2007 NFL season. During the NFL season, Bob hosted the show alongside Cris Carter, Cris Collinsworth, and former NFL legend Dan Marino.
He departed HBO in February 2009 to join MLB Network. On April 23, 2021, it was revealed that Bob would be returning to HBO to host a quarterly interview show called Back on the Record.
The channel debuted on January 1, 2009. Bob hosted the debut episode of All Time Games during the launch. It showed the recent discovery of a kinescope of Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. During the show, Bob moderated a discussion with Yogi Berra and Don Larsen. During the game, the latter pitched MLB’s only playoff perfect game, while Yogi caught the ball. Bob joined the network full-time on February 3, 2009, and began anchoring a regular interview show called MLB Network Studio 42 with Bob Costas.
In addition, the writer provided play-by-play for certain live baseball game telecasts. In 2017, Bob called Game 1 of the American League Division Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros for MLB Network. The Astros eventually won 8-2. Unfortunately, Bob and his color commentator Jim Kaat were chastised for their “bantering about details” and play misidentification. After using the phrase “sacks were juiced” to describe the bases being loaded, Bob became an online meme.
Many Olympics broadcasts for NBC have featured the journalist, including Rio in 2016, Sochi in 2014, London in 2012, Vancouver in 2010, Beijing in 2008, Torino in 2006, Athens in 2004, and Salt Lake City in 2004, Salt Lake City in 2002, Sydney in 2000, Atlanta in 1996, Barcelona in 1992, and Seoul in 1988.
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