Deadspin On Bob Costas: Everything We've Had To Say About America's Most Ubiquitous Sports Broadcaster

Bob Costas is many things: a shill, a self-righteous hack, and an occasionally perceptive journalist. We've had a lot to say about him over the years. Here's a sampling of our best Costas-related coverage.

In connecting the Jovan Belcher murder-suicide to handguns, Costas dared to set the door ajar-though not quite open-to the far larger issue of the violence we have loosed on ourselves and our psyches by idolizing the NFL's warrior avatars. Read » | Watch the Costas editorial »

No one has ever walked so gracefully the line between journalist and shill as Costas. Read »

Costas says he is not out to throw bombs (like you bloggers out there) but to keep the mainstream accountable. But how can you do that, I say, well after the fact and with infrequent essays on steroids, concussions, and TD dances? Read »

Got a book coming out? Bob Costas will probably blurb it. Read »

Costas is free to request that NFL players "confine their buffoonery" to a smaller, less damaging stage. I'd recommend he take his own advice and start delivering those halftime speeches into the mirror, at home, with the cameras off. Read »

Bob Costas's most riveting exclusive yet. Read »