Costas later appeared on Conan O ' Brien's talk show and criticized his employer for its decision to air a preview of the upcoming series Animal Practice over a performance by The Who during the London closing ceremonies.

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.

In the documentary television series Baseball ( 1994 ), directed by Ken Burns, Costas indicated that he had a very poor relationship with his father, but did not go into specifics.

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

* On August 18, 2005, Chris Pixley hosted the program instead of then-regular guest host Bob Costas, who did not feel comfortable with the subject matter, the Natalee Holloway case.

Bob Costas did play-by-play on KMOX for the Spirits of St. Louis of the American Basketball Association from 1974 until the ABA-NBA merger in June 1976.

Christodoulos opposed the decision, complaining that socialist prime minister Costas Simitis did not consult with the Greek Church on the matter and claiming that it was part of a wider plan to marginalise the Church from Greek public life ; he also stated that the decision was " put forward by neo-intellectuals who want to attack us like rabid dogs and tear at our flesh ".

Costas began his professional career at KMOX radio in St. Louis, Missouri, where he served as a play-by-play announcer for the Spirits of St. Louis of the American Basketball Association in 1974.

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?!

Television: NBC Sports's team included Bob Costas ( play-by-play announcer ), Hannah Storm ( pre-game host ), Doug Collins and Isiah Thomas ( color analysts ), Bill Walton, John Salley and Peter Vescey ( pre-game panelists ), Ahmad Rashad and Jim Gray ( Sideline Reporters ).

After Costas, ( who was reportedly offered a generous deal which also included Major League Baseball play-by-play for ESPN and ABC News features ) elected to remain with NBC, and Albert signed a six year deal with TNT, the network went with veteran broadcaster Brad Nessler to be the lead NBA play-by-play man.

Bob Costas ' predecessor, Len Berman, filled-in for him at the anchor's desk while Gayle Sierens ( who a year earlier, made history by becoming the first female play-by-play announcer in NFL history ) was also added to the studio team.

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?!

He spent 24 years at the network, teaming with play-by-play announcers such as Jim Simpson, Curt Gowdy ( whom Kubek called his favorite partner ), Joe Garagiola and Bob Costas.

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.

Costas has frontlined many Olympics broadcasts for NBC.

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 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.

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.

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 ).

A Costas loop is a phase-locked loop used for carrier phase recovery from suppressed-carrier modulation signals, such as from double-sideband suppressed carrier signals.

This translates to double the sensitivity and also makes the Costas loop uniquely suited for tracking doppler-shifted carriers esp.

Three more were executed: American Daniel Gearhart was sentenced to death for advertising himself as a mercenary in an American newspaper ; Andrew McKenzie and Costas Georgiou ( the self styled " Colonel Callan "), who had both served in the British army, were sentenced to death for murder.

* John P. Costas-telecommunications engineer, noted for the Costas loop

A final set of songs entitled: Odysseia was composed by utilizing poetry written by Costas Kartelias for lyrics.

" 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.

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.

The President of the Association for Social Impact and Culture Costas Halevas liked the idea and set about organizing the event.

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

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.

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.

" 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.

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 ).