Remember when Bob Costas wasn’t a complete and total d-bag? It seems like so long ago, but there was a time when Costas was tolerable. Think back to the good ole days of the NBA on NBC. Take a look at the Prudential Halftime Report from Game 1 of the 1991 NBA Finals:
Was he plastic back then? Sure. But was he a plastic bag completely filed with douche? Not the same way he is now.
Fast forward a few years and check out this 1995 interview with Charlie Rose:
Maybe it was the glasses, but Costas comes off sounding like a semi-respectable sports journo in that clip. He makes informed takes and doesn’t ooze smug with every single comment. But that was almost 15 years ago.
Let’s contrast all this with the Costas of today -– the charmless, shifty-eyed, 57-year-old-boy Botox experiment that is now Bob Costas. Here’s a clip of Costas on the Colbert Report this week:
Even in jest he can’t help but come off as a complete tool. I mean can you think of another Winter Olympics broadcaster who would make fun of the Winter Olympics while at the Winter Olympics? And who the hell clowns on curling in front of Canadians? At least he rode the moose at the end.
It’s hard to say when Costas fully embraced his douchiness. He certainly came off douchey during his softball steroid admission interview with Mark McGwire (especially after railing on Barry Bonds for so many years). He was already on the douche side of the fence when he chastised Usain Bolt for showboating during the 2008 Summer Olympics. Calling all bloggers “pathetic get-a-life losers” doesn’t help his case either.
Maybe Costas has always been a douche and he was just able to conceal it real well before. At this point though, he’s completely lost his ability to hide his douchebaggery. It comes across with every camera glance, every smirk and every fumbled attempt at humor.
But in the interest of fairness, I’ll let Costas respond. What do you think of my take, Bob?
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