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Does anyone else think it's weird that Lou Pianella and Bucky Dent call him "Mr. Steinbrenner?"

America's greatest thinker speaks out on BushCo

Bob Costas: 'Inescapable Fact' That Bush Presidency 'A Tragically Failed Administration'

Some people may wonder about the [political] feelings that I've expressed, and I won't get into all the particulars. I think it is now overwhelmingly evident, if you're honest about it, even if you're a conservative Republican, if you're honest about it, this is a failed administration. And no honest conservative would say that George W. Bush was among the 500 most qualified people to be President of the United States. That's not based on political leaning. If a liberal, and I tend to be liberal, disagrees with a conservative, they can still respect that person's competence and the integrity of their point of view. This administration can be rightly criticized by a fair-minded person smack in the middle of the political spectrum on a hundred different counts, and by now they're all self-evident.
The blogger who posted this goes on to talk about how incredibly qualified Dubya is because he 1) got a degree from Harvard 2) got a degree from Yale 3) flew planes in the National Guard 4) is married and never divorced

Bob and Jill buy $10 mil Manhattan condo

From the Pueblo Chieftain, whatever that is:

Sportscaster Bob Costas and his wife, Jill, have agreed to pay about $10 million for an apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

The three-bedroom, 3,500-square-foot apartment's building, due to open this summer, includes a private 20-seat theater, wine cellars, room service with a private chef and a health club with a pool. Other celebrity buyers include actor Denzel Washington, musician Sting and race-car driver Jeff Gordon.

Last week, developers Arthur and William Zeckendorf announced they had sold all of the building’s 202 units, 15 of them for more than $20 million, including an eight-bedroom penthouse to hedge-fund executive Daniel Loeb for $45 million.

The sportscaster, 55 years old, lives in New York and has covered football, baseball and several Olympic Games for NBC Sports. He also hosts HBO’s ‘‘Costas Now’’ and has served as a regular substitute anchor on CNN’s ‘‘Larry King Live.’’

Bob could replace Don Imus?!?

An interesting rumor was noted on ESPN2's Cold Pizza this morning: CBS could hire Bob Costas as its new morning radio host to replace Don Imus.

Now that would be something. Costas is smart, knowledgeable about a wide variety of subjects, and fully capable of taking on issues like race and sex without resorting to the kind of crass language that got Imus fired.

There's one huge problem, of course, which Cold Pizza noted: Costas probably wouldn't take the job. He's already got an HBO show in which he has the freedom to explore whatever issue he finds interesting, he's the host of NBC's prime time football coverage and its Olympics coverage, which means he's reaching an enormous audience, and he probably doesn't want to have to wake up at 5 o'clock every morning.

So it's probably never going to happen, although I'm guessing I speak for just about every sports fan when I say the day Costas gets a morning talk radio show is the day I start listening to talk radio every morning.

Too smart for commissioner

Where's baseball rank on your sports favorites list?

"First, without question," Costas said.

Do you see yourself as a future baseball commissioner?

"Absolutely not," he said. "Under no circumstances."

Why?

"A - I'm not sure the owners have an interest in anyone other than Bud Selig," Costas said.

B - if they did, it wouldn't be me, and C - I'm not interested and probably not qualified, but other than that, it's a great idea."

What a guy

Too bad Mr. Faith Hill has to be involved.

Can't live without it

hot dogs, too