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Longtime broadcaster Bob Costas is in talks to leave NBC

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...roadcaster-talks-leave-nbc-sports/1125158002/

Costas has been at NBC sports for nearly 4 decades

Bob Costas is in talks to leave NBC. Only the peacock has served NBC Sports longer.

Costas, his representatives and NBC have held discussions that could result in the longtime face of NBC Sports being let out of a contract that currently runs through 2021, a person with knowledge of the conversations told USA TODAY Sports. The person requested anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the discussions.

NBC declined to comment on Costas’ potential departure. Costas declined to comment on the specifics but offered some general comments in a pair of brief phone calls with USA TODAY Sports.

“There was a very long period of time when NBC’s programming suited my interests and abilities very well, from (late-night talk show) Later, to the news magazines, to baseball, the NBA and the Olympics,” Costas said. “And after deciding on my own to leave the Olympics after having done a dozen of them, you just look around and say, ‘What was once a perfect fit no longer fits that description.’ ”
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Smart move. He seems happiest when he's joining Jim Kaat on MLB Network.

But he could do anything he wants as a freelancer, which is how a lot of sports talent work today.

It would be nice to have him back on the radio.
 
Don CT said:
ESPN is cutting costs, they can't afford him. Nor would he want to move to Bristol.
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Few, if any, of the major talents/execs have moved to Bristol. Most live in cushy Hartford suburbs or even cushier Fairfield County. But I agree, he wouldn't be attractive to a network that (a) is cutting costs and (b) trying desperately to expand its audience demographically beyond the boomers and codgers who now watch most team sports. Bringing on a high-priced baseball/football/Olympics guy in his 60s is counterproductive when it comes to achieving both goals. You think Bob would be interested in calling play-by-play on a prime-time Overwatch or Fortnite tournament? With his journalistic chops, he could easily switch into terrible-tragedy mode if one of the refugees from mom's basement decides to go on a rampage after losing!
 
CTListener said:
I agree, he wouldn't be attractive to a network that (a) is cutting costs and (b) trying desperately to expand its audience demographically beyond the boomers and codgers who now watch most team sports.
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Then again, didn't they just bring in Keith Olbermann? But yes, I agree. As I've said, I believe Bob is very happy at MLB Network.
 
I get the feeling from watching Bob over the decades that he would be happy doing PBP for a major league baseball team, on his schedule. Not exactly retirement, but a nice step down, and enjoyable for him.
 
MarcB said:
Bristol is a pit. If it doesn't say "All for a Dollar" Bristol won't support it.
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Funny how little people in the rest of the country really know about our state, isn't it? For every Darien, there's a Bristol; for every New Canaan, a Waterbury; for every Avon, a Meriden.
 
CTListener said:
Funny how little people in the rest of the country really know about our state, isn't it? For every Darien, there's a Bristol; for every New Canaan, a Waterbury; for every Avon, a Meriden.
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You could say that about any place. When you say Michigan people immediately think "Flint and Detroit".
But there are a lot of beautiful places in Michigan (including some of America's wealthiest suburbs).
 
FreddyE1977 said:
You could say that about any place. When you say Michigan people immediately think "Flint and Detroit".
But there are a lot of beautiful places in Michigan (including some of America's wealthiest suburbs).
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True, its image problem is a lot like New Jersey's. The Connecticut stereotype is the exact opposite. The amazing thing is that its cities are so low-profile that people who've never been here think they must be just as well-off as the suburbs. New Haven is the home of Yale University, for example, so some assume that the whole city must be one big college town. The Ivy League has a couple of towns like that (Ithaca and Hanover), but once you leave the immediate area of Yale, the "real" New Haven is a lot grittier.
 
Were Costas simply content at MLB, there would be no impetus to pursue this release from NBC. He's already at MLB, but must want to pursue something else. I doubt it's ESPN, perhaps he'll start his own venture. Otherwise, he could just continue to collect his check from NBC until the end of his contract.
 
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