# Inside story of how legendary NFL broadcaster Bob Costas ended up excised from football and out at NBC -- ESPN

<http://www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/25914913/inside-story-how-legendary-nfl-broadcaster-bob-costas-ended-excised-football-nbc-espn>

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## What Jamie wrote

I've always enjoyed Bob Costas. I’m not a huge sports person, but Costa's has a way of bringing stories together in a way that is very compelling. The reaction to him speaking out about brain injury issues in the NFL is at best dissapointing.

## Facts

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- [WT93: Weekly Thing #93 / Feb 16, 2019](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/93/), Notable Links 📌

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