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Keith Costas explains what happened to dad Bob’s eye (Video)

February 11, 2014 By Larry Brown Leave a Comment

Just when you thought all angles of Bob Costas’ eye infection had been explored, we get this video.

Keith Costas, who is Bob’s son and apparently an employee at MLB Network, created a funny video to explain what’s up with his father’s eye. Keith says that it wasn’t the bad water at Sochi or pink eye that caused his dad’s eye problem. Oh no. Instead, Keith says that Costas’ eye infection is due to an argument with FOX MLB reporter Ken Rosenthal over who is taller.

If you missed that original video, you can watch it below to catch up on the whole thing:

Look at Bob Costas, all 5-foot-6 of him, talking trash to 5-foot-4 Ken Rosenthall. Fantastic. Talking about how he can post him up. Sheesh, if he keeps this up, I might end up actually liking him.

Filed Under: Media, Viral Greatness Tagged With: Bob Costas, Keith Costas, Ken Rosenthal

Holly Rowe climbs on scorer’s table to get Kansas State interview

February 10, 2014 By Larry Brown Leave a Comment

Holly Rowe will let nothing stand in her way when it comes to getting a postgame interview. She’ll even climb on top of a scorer’s table if she has to.

Kansas State fans rushed the court after the Wildcats pulled the upset win on Kansas 85-82 in overtime on Monday night. With the scene so mad, Rowe had to jump onto the scorer’s table in order to get some postgame reaction from Thomas Gipson.

Rowe proved that she’ll step up when the moment calls for it — literally. As Brent Musburger said, that is great hustle by Holly Rowe!

Previously: Holly Rowe stiff-arms reporter while chasing interview

Filed Under: College Basketball, Media Tagged With: Holly Rowe

Bob Costas’ pink eye has spread to both eyes!

February 10, 2014 By Larry Brown 1 Comment

Bob Costas is really running into some terrible luck these days.

When Costas first started appearing on TV from Sochi to promote NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics, the redness and infection in his left eye was quite visible, and he was wearing glasses. He didn’t take long to address the obvious and even made fun of himself for it. But his assistant said at the time he was being treated for the eye infection and they hoped it would be gone in a few days.

Unfortunately, the exact opposite has happened — it’s only gotten worse!

Costas’ pink eye has now spread to his right eye in addition to his left eye. He’s still wearing glasses, but it doesn’t really cover how bad his eyes have gotten.

Here was Costas on Friday:

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Filed Under: Headlines, Media Tagged With: Bob Costas

Bob Costas is in on the Superman Fortress of Solitude joke

February 8, 2014 By Larry Brown 1 Comment

Welp, it’s official: the Fortress of Solitude jokes have reached Sochi.

NBC host Bob Costas began his introduction to the network’s coverage of the Olympics on Saturday with a joke about his eye infection and his studio set looking like Superman’s setup.

“Hi everybody, Bob Costas in Studio A at the International Broadcast Center, a studio some have likened to Superman’s Fortress of Solitude,” he began. “Unfortunately for me, the eye infection is not getting any better, so for the time being, I’m still stuck with Clark Kent’s glasses.”

Short, sweet and to the point. I love how Costas just got it all out of the way quickly and explained what is going on with his eye in a simple line. It’s also great that he acknowledged the Superman Fortress of Solitude joke. Way to show some humor.

And now for a little humor for ourselves. Between the glasses and raised eyebrow, Costas is looking like a James Bond villain:

Filed Under: Featured Stories, Media, Olympics Tagged With: Bob Costas

Sochi security checks writers’ computers to monitor wifi

February 8, 2014 By Larry Brown 1 Comment

Here it is, in plain picture form, just what you’ve heard about the officials being tight in Sochi. Yahoo! Sports’ Charles Robinson shared a picture on Twitter of a management/security person going around the press room at the Olympics to check writers’ laptops to see what wifi network they were connected to:

Happening right now: This guy is going computer to computer in the press room scanning the laptops of everyone here. pic.twitter.com/ii9cSpWeuK

— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) February 8, 2014

According to Robinson, the person works for the “spectrum management team” and was scanning computers. If people were to be found using private wifi networks, they were supposedly seized. They’re so strict about making sure people are not on private wifi networks, they posted this note:

They're not messing around with private wifi. It's difficult to track & monitor, so they bounce you if they find it. pic.twitter.com/ZXfDS8yBYe

— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) February 8, 2014

In Sochi, Russia, the internet is monitored. Only they don’t hide what they’re doing.

Filed Under: Featured Stories, Media, Olympics Tagged With: 2014 Winter Olympics

Bob Costas is straight up broadcasting from a Fortress of Solitude

February 7, 2014 By Larry Brown Leave a Comment

Did anyone else watching Bob Costas broadcast on NBC Thursday notice that his studio set bears a strong resemblance to the Fortress of Solitude?

Seriously, all they’re missing is a sign on the studio entrance saying “Kneel Before Bob.”

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Bob Costas

Bob Costas has pink eye and is wearing glasses in Sochi

February 6, 2014 By Larry Brown 2 Comments

If you saw Bob Costas doing Olympics work on NBC at all Thursday, your first question probably was “what the heck is up with Bob Costas’ eye?” and why is he wearing glasses?

Turns out that the veteran broadcaster developed an eye infection that prevented him from putting in contact lenses, which is why he’s wearing glasses.

Costas’ assistant explained what was going on in an email to Deadspin:

Yes, Bob has some sort of infection which has his left eye completely red and almost completely closed, making it impossible to put a contact lens in it. It just came on within the last 24 hours, the NBC doctors in Sochi are treating it, and they think it should resolve itself by the weekend. Until then, he has no choice but to go with the glasses on air.

Thanks for checking with us.

Sounds like Costas didn’t listen to the warning and washed his face using the disgusting water in Sochi: