Bob Costas

To me, Bob Costas is the gold standard of American sportscasting, a Queens kid who turned a Syracuse education into nearly four decades of NBC broadcasts and a mountain of Emmys. What I admire most is that he never just called the action; he honored the human stories beneath it, treating athletes as people rather than highlights. His Cronkite Award and Frick Award show a rare crossover between journalism and sports. The fact that he kept returning to the booth well into his seventies tells me everything about his love for the craft. He is a storyteller first, and I respect that deeply.

Name (English)

Bob Costas

Name (Japanese)

ボブ・コスタス

Reading

ぼぶ・こすたす

Born

March 22, 1952 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dragon

Origin

Queens, New York, United States

Occupation

sports commentator / radio personality / journalist / actor / sports journalist

University

Syracuse University

Awards & achievements

• 2012 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism
• Ford C. Frick Award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Costas
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2458861

Tags

• New York
• sports commentator
• radio personality
• journalist

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.