‘I’ll say this’
Although some floated his name as a dark-horse candidate, sports broadcasting icon Bob Costas likely won’t be the next host of “Meet the Press.” But he said Monday night that he’s open to doing other types of broadcasting than sports in the future “if the right opportunity presents itself.”
When asked about the possibility of following the lead of Keith Olbermann, Costas said the former former ESPNer “is a unique personality. … I wouldn’t do it that way.”
Speaking at the National Press Club for a broadcast of “The Kalb Report” interview series, Costas joked that without broadcasting, he’d likely be jobless. “I have no demonstrable abilities of any kind other than to yak for fun and profit,” he said, adding that in another era “I’d be a ward of the state.”
“Do you make a lot of money?” asked host Marvin Kalb.
“Yes, Marvin, I do,” he replied, without revealing how much.
Also from the mouth of Costas:
-On the proliferation of sports radio shows and Internet sites: Much of it is now directed at “drunks” and “bitter” members of society who “haven’t held a job for more than six weeks in their entire lives.”
-On agents: Superagents like Scott Boras (who represents Manny Ramirez and Alex Rodriguez) “are willing to undermine the basic integrity of the sport.”
-On the Web: “If the Internet existed in the 1770s, Tom Paine would have put ‘The Rights of Man’ on a blog.”
(Photo by Carrie Devorah)
