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I hate Bob Costas

post #1 of 77
8/14/08 at 11:59pm
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he is such a smug little shit and really does not have a fundamental understanding of the games (particularly basketball and baseball) he broadcasts. He makes the Olympics unwatchable (not that they are that exciting to begin with). He sounds like he is ready to go down on Michael Phelps whenever he competes.
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post #2 of 77
8/15/08 at 12:01am
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Originally Posted by edmorel View Post
he is such a smug little shit and really does not have a fundamental understanding of the games (particularly basketball and baseball) he broadcasts. He makes the Olympics unwatchable (not that they are that exciting to begin with). He sounds like he is ready to go down on Michael Phelps whenever he competes.
He's usually a dick, although he did a great interview with Bush a few days ago. Why is swimming such a big draw at the Olympics? I mean it's cool but primetime NBC coverage is always swimming.
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post #3 of 77
8/15/08 at 12:02am
I'm not a fan but he is quite a student of baseball. He's done a few shows with hall of famers on HBO and definitely knows the game. I don't know about basketball.
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post #4 of 77
8/15/08 at 12:07am
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I'm not a fan but he is quite a student of baseball. He's done a few shows with hall of famers on HBO and definitely knows the game. I don't know about basketball.

He is horrible calling games, working with Joe Morgan he is so far out of his league it's not even funny.
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post #5 of 77
8/15/08 at 12:28am
He is a bit smug for my taste.
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post #6 of 77
8/15/08 at 12:32am
i'm not a fan of Costas, but i will say joe morgan is one of the worst announcers i've ever seen.
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post #7 of 77
8/15/08 at 12:35am
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i'm not a fan of Costas, but i will say joe morgan is one of the worst announcers i've ever seen.

Worse than Tim McCarver? Tim will spend 10 minutes talking about a properly laid down bunt. He loves going back two or three plays just to make a stupid point. I think Joe keeps it short and sweet.
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post #8 of 77
8/15/08 at 12:36am
I remember that late night talk show he used to have after Letterman. Some of the interviews were pretty good.
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post #9 of 77
8/15/08 at 12:38am
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I remember that late night talk show he used to have after Letterman. Some of the interviews were pretty good.

You guys get American TV up in Canada?
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post #10 of 77
8/15/08 at 12:39am
I'm not a fan of canadian tv in general, but Ron McClean is the best sportscaster imo.
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post #11 of 77
8/15/08 at 12:40am
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I'm not a fan of canadian tv in general, but Ron McClean is the best sportscaster imo.

Can we keep this to sportcasters of sports that have more than 10,000 viewers. kthxbye
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post #12 of 77
8/15/08 at 12:41am
Agreed on McCarver. he is god awful, too.
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post #13 of 77
8/15/08 at 12:42am
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Why is swimming such a big draw at the Olympics? I mean it's cool but primetime NBC coverage is always swimming.

Two words: Michael Phelps

In fact NBC specifically asked (i.e. told) the Beijing Olympics to hold the swimming events in the morning (prime time in North America) to boost the ratings because Americans want to see Phelps break Spitz' record and they want to watch live TV. It's worked great so far as the ratings are sky high for NBC and they've already more than made up the $1B they paid for the rights.

At any rate, that's it for swimming after this week and next week is all the track and field events, which won't be live since the events are not held in the morning.
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post #14 of 77
8/15/08 at 12:44am
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Can we keep this to sportcasters of sports that have more than 10,000 viewers. kthxbye

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post #15 of 77
8/15/08 at 12:50am
I hate him as well. His show on HBO seems OK, and occasionally good, but everywhere else I want to punch him in the jugular.
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