Robert Quinlan " Bob " Costas ( born March 22, 1952 ) is an American sportscaster, on the air for NBC Sports television since the early 1980s.

Costas has teamed with Isiah Thomas and Doug Collins for NBA telecasts ( from 1997 – 2000 ) and Sal Bando ( 1982 ), Tony Kubek ( from 1983 – 1989 ), Joe Morgan and Bob Uecker ( from 1994 – 2000 ) for baseball telecasts.

Before becoming the studio host for The NFL on NBC in 1984, Costas did play-by-play of NFL games with analyst Bob Trumpy.

Past winners include Jimmy Breslin, Mike Royko, George Will and Bob Costas.

During this time, Bob Costas had taken over the lead job and called the Finals after Marv's arrest for sexual assault had brought him national disgrace.

It featured cameos by Charles Barkley, David Letterman, O. J. Simpson, Bob Costas, and Tom Brokaw.

Bob Costas took over for Albert on the basketball side in the 1997 – 98 season before stepping down after the 2000 NBA Finals for Albert's return.

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While Dick Enberg, Merlin Olsen and Bob Griese called the game, Bob Costas and his NFL ' 85 castmates, Ahmad Rashad and Pete Axthelm anchored the pregame, halftime and postgame coverage.

Bob Costas hosted all the events with analyst Mike Ditka.

While Lampley was busy covering the trophy presentation, Bob Costas ( who also interviewed Dallas head coach Jimmy Johnson and Dallas owner / general manager Jerry Jones together prior to the game ) covered for Lampley at the host and anaylsts ' desk ( and signed off the broadcast for NBC ).

In eulogizing Mantle, sportscaster Bob Costas described him as " a fragile hero to whom we had an emotional attachment so strong and lasting that it defied logic.

For pay-per-view fights, Bob Costas and James Brown have been called in on occasion to oversee the telecast while Lampley calls the fight.

Celebrities appearing as themselves included Chuck D, Al Roker, Bob Costas, Jerry Seinfeld, James Caan, Adam West, George " Goober " Lindsey and heavy metal band Anthrax.

* Bob Costas, NBC sports commentator

Sugar had been referred to as " Runyonesque " ( in reference to Damon Runyon ) by Bob Costas, and " one of the foremost historians alive ," by the Boston Globe.

In 1993, Lampley took over studio hosting duties for Bob Costas on The NFL on NBC.

Speaking about his quiet reputation within the sport's history, sportscaster Bob Costas said, " He didn't hit a homer in his last at-bat ; he hit a single.

As NBC play-by-play man Bob Costas ( who called the game with Tony Kubek ) said when Sandberg hit that second home run, " Do you believe it?!

On October 18, 2007, Vincent appeared with sportscaster Bob Costas at Williams College for " A Conversation About Sports ", moderated by Will Dudley, Associate Professor of Philosophy.

Caray was filling in for Bob Costas, who sat out the Division Series after anchoring NBC's prime time coverage of the Summer Olympic Games from Sydney, Australia.

She has broadcast with Bob Costas, beginning with the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Brian Williams co-hosted with Bob Costas instead.

For the first two seasons Bill Daily, Dick Martin, Richard Paul, and Bob Barker were among the male semi-regulars who filled Dawson's old spot on the panel.

Bob Froese filled in admirably in net for Lindbergh, being named a second Team All-Star and sharing the William M. Jennings Trophy with teammate Darren Jensen.

White was the Dallas Cowboys ' first pick and the second player selected in the 1975 National Football League Draft, and was moved to middle linebacker, where he was a backup to Cowboy legend Lee Roy Jordan, playing mostly on special teams his first two seasons, including his rookie season when Dallas lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl X. Jordan retired following the 1976 season, and his slot was filled by Bob Breunig, who held the position the next nine seasons.

He died in his sleep, a happy man, no doubt thinking of the many nights he joined Bob and The Texas Playboys on an old time fiddle tune, while the crowd filled the dance floor at The Cain's Ballroom.

He filled the broadcast with sly wit, drumming, and guests such as Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and Bob Hope.

Notable people who filled in fictional roles include Bob Odenkirk, Bea Arthur, Dustin Hoffman, Sacha Baron Cohen, Stephen Colbert, Steve Coogan, Jorge Garcia, and Scott Adsit.

He tries to play a ninny on Bob, dragging in a large sack supposedly filled with laundry and announcing gruffly that there will be extra work in the future.

Bob Hilton filled in for him on occasion on all three versions, Johnny Olson ( also announcing the pilots and while at the same time announcing on The Price Is Right and Match Game, both for CBS ), Jack Narz ( who also announced on Monty Hall's version of Beat the Clock ), Jay Stewart ( while at the same time announcing game shows for Barry & Enright Productions, and Charlie O ' Donnell ( who went on to succeed Stewart at Barry & Enright Productions ) also filled in for him on the NBC version, and O ' Donnell, Johnny Gilbert ( while at the same time announcing on Jeopardy!

Olson even filled in for Bob Hilton on Blockbusters and his final non-Price assignment, Body Language, both of which were also Goodson-Todman productions.

Two backup stories, though not under the " Tales of the New Gods " banner, were printed when John Byrne filled in as penciller on Orion for the main stories in issues # 13 and # 14, with Simonson providing writing and pencilling duties, and Bob Wiacek inking.

William Shatner, the future Captain Kirk of Star Trek, also filled in for Timber Tom occasionally as " Ranger Bob ".

On September 28 the station became an all-news station from 5 a. m .– 7 p. m. following the end of the two midday talk shows hosted by Tom Bergeron, the morning host prior to the launch of the morning news block ( the noon hour, which separated the Bergeron shifts, was already occupied by a news program ); the station's nighttime programming continued to be filled by David Brudnoy and Bob Raleigh's talk shows.

Arrested Development features David Cross as regular character Tobias Fünke ; the series also had guest spots filled by Mr. Show alumni, such as Bob Odenkirk as a marriage counselor, Jerry Minor and Jay Johnston as gay cops, and John Ennis as a mall security guard.

It came at a time when network pages filled seats for radio-TV shows by giving tickets to anyone in the street, and on Pick and Play the two comics were occasionally booed by audience members unfamiliar with the Bob and Ray comedy style.

Bob Hilton also filled in on occasion on the show.

Joe Reilly " Joey Danger " AKA " Joey B-Side " moved back to his hometown of Nashville to drum tech for " The Pink Spiders " who had just been signed to Geffen Records and was filled in by " Porno Bob " for the final tour and Warped Tour dates.

The piano chair was also filled by Tony Curby or Bob Dunn over the band's stint of around 4 years during the early 1960s.

In 2008, Diffey filled in for Speed commentator Bob Varsha during the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix.

This date had originally been scheduled for Stephen Stills but when he was unable to play Bob Marley filled the date.

Thomas joined ex-RAF national serviceman Bob Monkhouse and BBC Radio 2 drivetime presenter John Dunn in a programme filled with reminiscences about their years in uniform.

Among the hosts who filled in for Convy during these episodes were Gene Rayburn, Bob Barker, Bobby Van, Jack Narz and Richard Dawson.

The Vice Presidency is later filled under the 25th Amendment by Bob Russell.

" With his clean and precise inking style, Wunder filled his panels with numerous foreground and background details, as landscape painter Bob Foster observed: