BBTF's Newsblog Discussion :: Miami Herald: Bob Costas: Sports bloggers weave a tangled web

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What About Bob?
Published 3/15/2008 by StatsGuru at Baseball Musings
So Bob Costas doesn't like bloggers either ? That's too bad. When Bob was stuck working the "B" game for NBC on Saturdays, I thought it was a shame. Costas was smooth, knew his game and worked well with his analyst. I looked forward to him becoming the voice of baseball on the network. Then, CBS came in and offered a billion dollars for exclusive rights, and before Bob could take the chair held previously by Curt Gowdy and Vin Scully, Sean McDonough got the job. Costas seemed to buy into the idea that he was the best play-by-play man not covering baseball. You could almost see ...

…. Unbelievable
Published 3/15/2008 by John at Only Baseball Matters
What a dick. …. “I understand with newspapers struggling and hoping to hold on to, or possibly expand their audiences, I understand why they do what they do,” Costas said. “But it’s one thing if somebody just sets up a blog from their mother’s basement in Albuquerque and they are who they are, and they’re a pathetic get-a-life loser, but now that pathetic get-a-life loser can piggyback onto someone who actually has some level of professional accountability and they can be comment No. 17 on Dan Le Batard’s column or Bernie Miklasz’ ...

Costas judges Bloggers
Published 3/16/2008 by Mark Serio at BASEBALL HOT CORNER
... Bob Costas has joined a list of media professionals who have issues with bloggers. The Miami Herald published an article titled, "Sports Bloggers weave a tangled web." Costas is quoted: ...