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Costas parts ways with NBC after 40 years

By UPI Staff
Bob Costas has covered nearly every sporting event for NBC since joining the network in 1979. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
Bob Costas has covered nearly every sporting event for NBC since joining the network in 1979. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo

Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Longtime sportscaster Bob Costas said he is parting ways with NBC after 40 years with the network.

Costas told the New York Post he took a buyout.

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"It's all settled quietly and happily for all concerned," Costas told the Post.

Costas added he will continue to do work some for the MLB Network. He is also contemplating pursuing a sit-down sports interview show.

Costas has covered nearly every major sporting during his career with NBC -- from the Super Bowl to World Series to NBA Finals and Olympics. He has served as both studio host and play-by-lay announcer for nearly each event.

Costas began as a play-by-play announcer as with the Spirits of St. Louis franchise in the old American Basketball Association in the 1970s.

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