Bob Costas

Generation Wa Da Tai: Happy 10th, Pootie Tang!

Roger Maris for the Hall? No, It's Still Not a Good Idea

​Every few years, like a bad idea whose time has come, the argument for Roger Maris and the Hall of Fame springs up again. There have been several lately, no doubt spurred by the 50th anniversary of the Maris-Mantle home run chase in 1961 when both Yankee sluggers went after Babe Ruth's single ... More >>

Tom Coughlin Forgot, and Now Giants Fans Never Will

Coughlin: Without his thinking capI've been scrambling — oops, sorry, Giants fans, I'll try to find a word not easily associated with Michael Vick. Let's say I've been searching hard to find an angle on Sunday's debacle that hasn't been written about a dozen times by everyone one else. I don't ... More >>

Pirates-Yankees 1960 Tonight, Thanks to Bing Crosby

​Bing Crosby didn't know it, but when he took off for Paris on October 12, 1960, he left us all with a wonderful Christmas present. Bing was part owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates and fearful that his National League champions were no match for the Mickey Mantle-Roger Maris-Whitey Ford Yankees. ... More >>

Hank Aaron and Willie Mays: New Revelations On Just How Much They Hated Each Other

Roberto, Willie, and Hank​Someone is very, very wrong about the relationship between the two all-time baseball greats Willie Mays and Hank Aaron, either Mays biographer James Hirsch (Willie Mays -- the Life, the Legend) or Aaron's new biographer, Howard Bryant (The Last Hero -- a Life of Henry ... More >>

Come On, Get Marvin Miller into the Hall Already

​Marvin Miller established the Major League Ballplayers Association, made it the most effective union in the country, and in the process became what former Dodgers broadcaster Red Barber called, "along with Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson, one of the three most important men in baseball history. ... More >>

Willie Mays Is Old, but What's the Daily News's Excuse For Remembering Things So Badly?

​Every baseball fan will want to watch Bob Costas interview Willie Mays tonight on the MLB Network's Studio 42 (8:00 pm EST). But fans should also be cautioned that Willie's memory isn't what it once was. According to a column attributed to Wayne Coffey, Michael O'Keefe, and Mark Lelinwalla in ... More >>

Mark McGwire 'Confesses,' Says Steroids Didn't Make Him a Record-Breaking Slugger

Yes, McGwire was one of the models for the "Got milk?" ad campaign. Mark McGwire's confession Monday that he used steroids was ludicrous. The disgraced baseball slugger says he used steroids to heal his body but not to hit home runs. He adds that the steroids didn't help him break home-run records ... More >>

Jockbeat: The Bad Call of the Night in the Game of the Year

​"A lot of folks who went to bed early tonight are going to wake up awfully surprised tomorrow morning when they see this score," said NBC color man Chris Collinsworth at the finish of last night's astonishing 35-34 victory by the Indianapolis Colts over the New England Patriots. According to ... More >>

Jockbeat: What The Press Is Getting Wrong About A-Rod

On the day when the Senate votes on a stimulus package to attempt to remedy the most serious financial crisis in U.S. history, the New York press got their priorities right: the lead stories are all about whether a baseball player took drugs six years ago, before they were banned by his sport. Not a ... More >>

Jockbeat: Will Leitch Not Done Milking Buzz

Over at New York magazine, Will Leitch seems hard up for material. The current issue contains a feature, "Buzz, Bob, Projectile Spittle, and Me," which recounts last year's  legendary confrontation with veteran sportswriter Buzz Bissinger on HBO's Costas Now.In the interest of full disclosure, ... More >>

Barra Argues "Roger Clemens Isn't Barry Bonds"

At the Observer our colleague Allen Barra seeks to make a distinction between the alleged performance-enhancing-drug use of Barry Bonds and that of Roger Clemens. He cites experts like Bob Costas, who argues that "Bonds's numbers took off into the stratosphere after his association with BALCO. All C ... More >>

Hall of Shame

Once again, one of baseball's greatest is overlooked for his place in Cooperstown

Jingo Bells

Prime-time pride, manly girls vs. girly girls and fear of a black dream team

An Oscar-Winning Performance

For Shane, Judges. How Could You?

Heaven, Hell, and Jersey

For Shane, Judges. How Could You?

2000 Village Voice Sportswriters' Poll Results

For Shane, Judges. How Could You?

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For Shane, Judges. How Could You?

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For Shane, Judges. How Could You?

Hoop it Up

Another Slammin' Summer Kicks Off at that Playground Paradise, Rucker Park

Surrender the Alamodome

Another Slammin' Summer Kicks Off at that Playground Paradise, Rucker Park

Jocklit

Surveying the Boys of Summer Books