Bob Costas. Is he an asshole?

EarlJam · Post by **EarlJam** » February 14th, 2010, 6:02 pm

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EarlJam · Post by **EarlJam** » February 14th, 2010, 6:11 pm

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Asshole?

Post by **wilson** » February 14th, 2010, 6:36 pm

I'm a big Bob Costas fans. I think he's one of the iconic sports voices of the past quarter century. His presence on any broadcast makes me more likely to watch. I do not believe he is an asshole.

EarlJam · Post by **EarlJam** » February 14th, 2010, 8:54 pm

wilson wrote:I'm a big Bob Costas fans. I think he's one of the iconic sports voices of the past quarter century. His presence on any broadcast makes me more likely to watch. I do not believe he is an asshole.

I actually agree here. This post is the resulf of an Olympics conversation with a friend who said Costas "annoys" him. He's not a Costas hater though.

-EJ

CathyCA · Post by **CathyCA** » February 14th, 2010, 10:48 pm

He uses a lot of hair color. At his age, he should be letting a little gray show through.

Other than that, he doesn't annoy me. He has a soothing voice.

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » February 15th, 2010, 8:21 am

I've never seen him be an asshole on tv, and I've never met him, so I have to say no. He has however, interviewed some serious assholes.

Bostondevil · Post by **Bostondevil** » February 15th, 2010, 7:26 pm

I think he kind of has a thankless job as the Olympics host. Trying to make non-sports watchers interested at the same time as us hardcore types. Is it just me, or have they been covering more events that don't necessarily have any American possibilities this time around? (Or is it just that the Alpine Skiing postponements have let us watch lots of speedskaters and lugers?)

cl15876 · Post by **cl15876** » February 16th, 2010, 2:32 pm

I've always seen him as calm and collected and very professional! I like Bob and don't think he is an a hole.

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » February 16th, 2010, 4:42 pm

For the longest time, I don't know why, but I thought THIS Bob was named after Bob Costas:

Correct me if I'm wrong, DA, but my understanding now is that it was NOT named after Bob Costas.

shereec · Post by **shereec** » February 16th, 2010, 6:36 pm

CathyCA wrote:He uses a lot of hair color. At his age, he should be letting a little gray show through.

Other than that, he doesn't annoy me. He has a soothing voice.

I thought it was a toupe... (pronounce toop in our house, as in there goes a bad toop)
but for the record, I like him.

Turk · Post by **Turk** » February 16th, 2010, 6:37 pm

I don't have any problems with Costas, and generally enjoy his broadcast work, but I can see where some might find him annoying. I think there's a bit of an ego lurking behind his calm and analytical facade, especially when it comes to baseball. Every now and then I catch a whiff (never blatant and never verbalized) of "I'm so calm and analytical that if you disagree with me you're probably either biased or a moron."

Miles · Post by **Miles** » February 17th, 2010, 12:10 am

I must reiterate, no.