Playboy Interview: Bob Costas

October, 2000

Bob Costas is at Yankee Stadium for game three of the World Series. The noise is deafening in the NBC booth, where he is calling the play-by-play. Headphones blot out some of the pandemonium and at the same time transmit another source of extraneous audio: the voice of producer David Neal. After half an inning, Costas calls for the Advil.It's a trademark Costas performance--smooth, knowledgeable, ironic, humorous. From time to time he swivels around and rests a hand on the shoulder of analyst Jo...

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