Bob Costas
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"Robert Quinlan "Bob" Costas" is an American sportscaster, on the air for NBC Sports television since the early 1980s. He has been prime-time host of nine Olympic games. He also does play-by-play for MLB Network and hosts an interview show called Studio 42 with Bob Costas.

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I didn't think the subject matter of Thursday's show was the kind of broadcast I should be doing. I suggested some alternatives, but the producers preferred the topics they had chosen. I was fine with that, and respectfully declined to participate.

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This couldn't have happened.

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I don't believe there's a single American sitting around saying, 'I'd like to see Bob Costas' take on this.'

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People will speculate about what they want, but that is not my intention.

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I didn't think the subject matter of Thursday's show was the kind of broadcast that I should be doing. I suggested some alternatives, but the producers preferred the topics they had chosen.

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I didn't think the subject matter of Thursday's show was the kind of broadcast that I should be doing, ... respectfully declined to participate.

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I loved Seaver, but you have to put Clemens ahead of him. He's on a short list of being one of the greatest of all time. In my lifetime, no one was better than Koufax at his best. I would pick Sandy for one game. But Clemens is ahead of Gibson and Seaver at their best.

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Getting between me and my fans.

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