Costas later did play-by-play for Chicago Bulls broadcasts on WGN-TV during the 1979 – 1980 NBA season.

Among its most widely known members were Costas Simitis, subsequently Prime Minister of Greece, Nikos Konstantopoulos, subsequently president of the Synaspismos party, professor of economics in Panteion UniversitySakis Karagiorgas, George Magkakis, professor of criminal law in the University of Athens, general Georgios Iordanidis, a well known military analyst and a national security advisor of George Papandreou sr during his administration, Vasilis Filias, professor of sociology in Panteion University, lawyer Dimosthenis Konaris, John Starakis, a journalist, Christos Rokofyllos, subsequently minister of Foreign Affairs, Dimitrios Kotsakis, a trade union member, Athanasios Filias, a mechanical engineer, Georgios Kouvelakis, subsequent minister of Justice, brothers Antonios Michalakeas ( subsequently, a judge of the supreme court of Greece ) and Athanassios Michalakeas ( subsequently a president of the court of Appeal ), Georgios Kosmas ( later on also a member of the supreme court of Greece ), Spyros Plaskovitis ( later on also a juge of the supreme court of Greece and a member of the European Parliament elacted with PASOK ), Ioannis Papadopoulos, a well known plastic surgeon ( later on a minister of Health during the first government formed by PASOK in 1981 ) etc.

The team of Kubek and Bob Costas ( backing up Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola and later, Tom Seaver ) proved to be a formidable pair.

Two years later, he was made Highlight Supervisor, producing packages which would be sent to Bob Costas, who would add a voiceover.

Along with that of co-host Meredith Vieira and Matt Lauer, Costa's commentary of the 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremonies has come under fierce criticism, with Costas being described as making " a series of jingoistic remarks, including a joke about Idi Amin when Uganda's team appeared " and the combined commentary as being " ignorant " and " banal ".

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.

He appeared in two Law & Order episodes, Self Defense ( Season 3, 1992 ), as jewelry store owner, George Costas and in Red Ball ( Season 16, 2005 ), as a district attorney named Charles Graham.

In the NBC broadcasts of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Collinsworth appeared alongside Bob Costas as a commentator on numerous occasions.

In 1929, the company was incorporated and took its present name Miquel y Costas & Miquel S. A. Cigarette paper booklets first appeared in the 19th century and their international brand, Smoking, was introduced in 1924.

Guests who appeared on his final show included Bob Costas, MLB outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr., former NFL players Jerry Rice and Joe Montana, and actor Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy.

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

When Costas was first hired by NBC, Don Ohlmeyer, who at the time ran the network's sports division, told the then 28-year-old Costas that he looked like a 14-year-old ( a story that Costas would recite during an appearance on Late Night with Conan O ' Brien when O ' Brien commented about Costas ' apparent inability to " age " normally ).

Ohlmeyer presumably based his reaction on Costas ' modest stature ( Costas is 5 ' 7 " in height ) and boyish, babyfaced appearance.

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

A personal influence on Costas has been legendary ABC Sports broadcaster Jim McKay, who hosted many Olympics for ABC from the 1960s to the 1980s.

During the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Opening Ceremonies, Costas ' remarks on China's teams ' possible drug use caused an uproar among the American Chinese and international communities.

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.

" Costas added: " In the last year of his life, Mickey Mantle, always so hard on himself, finally came to accept and appreciate the distinction between a role model and a hero.

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.

" Earlier, on 12 September 1731, Rear Admiral Stewart had written to the Governor of Havana to complain of the " violence and villainies " of a Guarda Costa commander named Fandino who, " about the 20th April last sailed out of your harbor in one of those Guarda Costas, and met a ship of this island bound for England ; and after using the captain in a most barbarous inhuman manner, taking all his money, cutting off one of his ears, plundering him of those necessaries which were to carry the ship safe home ...".

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

Harwell sat down for a 60 minute interview on an episode of MLB Network's Studio 42 with Bob Costas, his final television appearance.

In order to revitalize the party's chances for the next elections, Costas Simitis announced his resignation as the leader of the party on 7 January 2004.

Costas would go on to a highly successful career working for NBC television and radio.

The audit concluded that the PASOK administration and prime minister Costas Simitis had falsified Greece's macroeconomic statistics, on the basis of which the European institutions accepted Greece to join the Eurozone.

* On June 8, 2005, sportscaster Bob Costas was named as the regular substitute anchor for the show, filling in roughly 20 times a year and not on a set schedule.

From to, Morgan teamed with Bob Costas and ( until ) Bob Uecker to call baseball games on NBC ( and in association with The Baseball Network from 1994 to ).

The movie, loosely based on the Shin storyline of the manga, stars Gary Daniels as Kenshiro, Costas Mandylor as Shin and Japanese actress Isako Washio as Yuria, with Malcolm McDowell as Ryuken and Chris Penn as " Jackal " ( actually a renamed Jagi ).

I'm sure you'd be the first to attest, Conan, that when it comes to the tough calls, NBC usually gets ' em right ," Costas said, alluding at the end to O ' Brien's involvement in the 2010 Tonight Show conflict.

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

On the June 22, 2012 edition of The Dan Patrick Show, Patrick and longtime baseball commentator Bob Costas discussed the impact Tommy John surgery has made on the game, with Costas stating " you could make a case for " John being awarded the Buck O ' Neil Lifetime Achievement Award.

On February 5, 2009, Buck signed with HBO to host a sports-based talk show for the network called Joe Buck Live, with a format similar to that of Costas Now, the monthly HBO program previously hosted by Bob Costas.

Patrick has stated a close professional relationship or friendship with several in the sports and media world, including: Charles Barkley, who has talked about range of issues with Patrick on air, including gambling addiction and racial issues, as well as funnier stories when the two have golfed together, and whom may be inquire when the two are getting together next ; Adam Sandler, whom Patrick will invite on the show to talk about sports or movies, in addition to offering Patrick movie roles in films Sandler helps produce ; Bob Costas, whom Patrick considers a mentor and has credited him with " being the best in the business " and sometimes jokingly becomes irritated when talking about Sports Emmy Award Costas has won, even with Patrick nominated in the same category for ; and Reggie Miller, whom Patrick will try to arrange a dinner or visit to one of Miller's homes in Southern California when Patrick may be on a West Coast tour.

He also voiced fellow Marvel superhero Spider-Man in the animated television series also from the late 1960s, and he played " The Lawbreaker " on the CBC panel quiz show This Is the Law in the 1970s, and played Costas Stavros on the Canadian soap opera Riverdale.

Its station managers have included Ned Miller — who plans to fire Frasier to cut costs but is fired first — Tom Duran, Kate Costas, and Kenny Daly, and at the end of the show, Roz Doyle, who was Frasier's producer throughout the show's run.

( the Fox network's counterpart of America's Funniest Home Videos ), Coast to Coast ( a syndicated radio show formerly hosted by Bob Costas ), and served as a correspondent for Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.

The pre-game show – a record five hours long – was hosted by the Football Night in America team headed by Bob Costas, and preceded by a two-hour special edition of Today hosted by the regular weekday team live from Tampa and the NFL Films – produced Road to the Super Bowl.

* YouTube: An episode of the Charlie Rose show from September 14, 1994, in which guest Bob Costas discusses the cancellation of the postseason.

Excerpts from three radio accounts were played during the second hour of the October 6, 1991 installment of the Costas Coast to Coast syndicated radio show.

From 2002 – 2007 seasons, the show was hosted by Bob Costas with former players Dan Marino, Cris Collinsworth, and Cris Carter serving as co-hosts.

Bob Costas acknowledged this change in the season's first episode and paid tribute to the former hosts, saying they paved the way for the show to succeed.