Bob Costas Steps Up to the Plate
6/1/202646 min
Bob Costas believes democracy is worth going to bat for. The legendary sportscaster and 12-time host of NBC’s Olympics coverage is no stranger to speaking up when the moment calls — which, as he tells Nicolle this week, is rare: 99.9% of the time he is calling balls and strikes. But when Bob finds an “interstitial moment” to talk about an issue in the zeitgeist (think: domestic violence, CTE from repeated concussions, or recognizing the racially charged name of a pro-team) he is unafraid to use his voice and his platform to speak truth to power. And this moment is no different.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
The son of a schoolteacher and Navy veteran who built a company worth billions and walked away from it, Tom Steyer, pledging to give away half of everything he earned to charity and fight for Californians. So when out-of-state corporations were ripping us off, Tom led the fight for Prop 39 and won, earning California billions of dollars for our schools and communities, and it doesn't cost you a nickel. And he didn't stop there. Other politicians talk, Tom Steyer gets it done. Ad paid for by Steyer for Governor 2026.
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Bob Costas· Guest1:00
Those who say stick to sports, on his own merits, Hank Aaron was one of the greatest baseball players who ever lived. But his story and his significance, in part, is because he faced blatant racism as he pursued Babe Ruth, and he triumphed over it, not just with his bat, but with his deep decency and dignity, which existed to the day he died. He was a genuine civil rights hero and a deeply decent man.