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Bob Costas
Age: 57 Height: 5' 7"
Birth Place: Queens, New York, USA Born: Mar. 22nd, 1952
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BIOGRAPHY: TV sportscaster known as a smart interviewer with encyclopedic knowledge and a devilish sense of humor.
TRIVIA:
- Had made it known that he despises the often-used phrase that a player or team can "control their own destiny." He claims that if it truly is 'destiny,' there is nothing any team or player can do to change it.
- Carries a 'Mickey Mantle' (qv) baseball card in his wallet.
- Attended Syracuse University in New York.
- Recipient of the 'Curt Gowdy' (qv) Award (awarded to members of the electronic and print media for outstanding contributions to basketball) in 1999.
- NBC sportscaster (1980- ).
- The first time he visited baseball legend Stan Musial's St. Louis eatery, left a $3.31 tip in homage to the Cardinal great's lifetime batting average (.331).
- Ranked #6 by the American Sportscasters Association in its list of the Top 50 Sportscasters of All-Time (January 2009).
- In 2000, published his first book, 'Fair Ball: A Fan's Case For Baseball.'
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