Bob Costas was the voice of NBC Sports from 1980 until 2018. Starting his career as a sports commentator on the radio in Syracuse, NY, he moved to television when he was only 28 years old, covering MLB and NBA games, boxing, NASCAR, and US Open golf. He became most famous for his quick delivery during NFL play-by-play announcing. His repertoire also includes the Olympics in 1992 until 2016, and the Kentucky Derby in 2001.
There is no doubt that Bob Costas’ career has been long and successful. No matter which sport you think of, he has probably commented on it in one of the various popular sports shows that he’s appeared in. Costas has held down a self-titled monthly show on HBO, appeared in a PBS Ken Burns documentary, and taken on guest roles in many TV series including Frasier, Spin City, and Monk, animated movies like Voltron and the Cars movies, and even a few sports comedies.
Throughout the decades, Bob Costas has been involved in what could truly be called the entirety of the sporting world. The National Sportscaster of the Year award has been placed in his hand eight separate times. In 2012, he was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters’ Hall of Fame and has won over 20 Sports Emmy Awards. As the awards, titles, and honours continue to stack up, whatever Bob Costas decides to do next is sure to bring him even more success.
