Bob Costas to MLB Network, leaving HBO
Bob Costas is going to work for Major League Baseball ó by joining the MLB Network ó and is leaving HBO.
Costas, will debut on the MLB-owned cable channel on Thursday with an interview with Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre, and then go on to host specials as well as call an unspecified number of the channel’s 26 regular-season TV games.
Costas had appeared since 2001 on HBO, where he hosted specials as well as his Costas Now talk show.
He also hosted HBO’s Inside the NFL show until that show moved to the Showtime channel last season.
Says HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg: “Television is about change and we respect Bob’s decision to move.”
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