Playboy Interview: Bob Costas

Playboy Interview: Bob CostasBob 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...