The best broadcaster of the decade? Bob Costas of NBC, HBO and MLB Network
Sports Illustrated |
Dec. 15, 2009 11:30 a.m.
"So many years, so much noise," Richard Deitsch writes, kicking off his best and worst of the decade in sports broadcasting. The best broadcaster of the decade? According to Deitsch, it’s Bob Costas of NBC, HBO and MLB Network. "There is no harder job in sports broadcasting than hosting an Olympic Games, a gig that requires equal parts geopolitical expert, historian, traffic cop and journalist," Deitsch writes. "Over the course of the decade, whether manning the action from Sydney, Salt Lake, Athens, Turin or Beijing, hosting his thoughtful HBO shows (Costas Now, On The Record), commenting on baseball for MLB Network or providing host duties at events such as the Kentucky Derby or NHL Winter Classic, Costas has aspired to raise the level of sports discourse to a smarter place." || The decade’s best blogs, books and other stuff. Here.
