You know what else is missing from the Olympics?

[El Supremo]

Besides fans in the stands, cupping of swimmers and overall interest?

Big Head Bob Costas!!!!!

[El Supremo]

1. Mike Tirico has been great!!!

https://people.com/sports/tokyo-olympics-mike-tirico-on-replacing-bob-costas-being-new-voice-of-nbc-broadcast/

[a kennedy]

4. I think Mike Tirico is wonderful.......

[SallyHemmings]

2. AWW I love Costas!

[John1956PA]

3. Agreed. Here is an excerpt from a 1992 Newsweek article which mentions Bob's wittiness.

https://www.newsweek.com/anchor-world-200244

Costas the Wit emerged gradually. He spent time with his boss Don Ohlmeyer, who found that Costas made him laugh-on the golf course or at lunch. "Do that on the air," Ohlmeyer advised him. Somebody should have informed Kubek. One afternoon at Wrigley Field, Costas spotted a banner in the bleachers equating Cubs management with the Three Stooges. The TV camera dutifully showed it. "So, Tony, who's your favorite Stooge?" Costas inquired of his partner.

"What?" Kubek asked. "OK, Curly. He looked the best." As play on the field continued, Costas kept at it. "Mine is Shemp," Costas said. "Very underrated. Sort of a utility Stooge. He'd come off the bench to provide immediate idiot relief when some other Stooge went on the DL after being hit in the head by Moe with a pipe."

[Auggie]

8. Costas got this wrong too

Shemp was not a "utility stooge" who came off the bench when another one got injured. Shemp was a full-time replacement following a massive stroke from which Jerome (Curly) never recovered.

Shemp (born Samuel Horwitz) was an original "stooge" (actually one of Ted Healy's Southern Gentlemen) who performed alongside brother Moses (Moe) in Vaudeville. He left the act to pursue a solo career in 1932, returning to The Three Stooges upon Curly's illness and long after they had left Healy.

[Auggie]

5. !!!K&R!!!!

"Costas is a self-appointed, egotistical, know-it-all, opportunistic, blowhard." -- El Supremo (LINK: https://www.democraticunderground.com/120436253#post8)

I can't think of a more tired act in all of of sports than Bob Costas. Retire already.

[El Supremo]

6. I sure got the Washington Football Team controversy wrong 8 years ago.

But I'm still right about Big Head Bob.

[Auggie]

7. Not IMO. You said "(not) anytime soon" ...

it took four-five years or so. That's not soon.

As for the rest of the country that was correct too. A large group of them will never understand. Including the Cleveland fans who want Chief Wahoo back.

Now, what do we do about Joe Buck ...?

[El Supremo]

9. Joe "Bad Hair Plugs" Buck has been doing the World Series since...

2000! FOX has the rights through 2028!

[Auggie]

10. shit

Their entire production sucks I haven’t been watching the WS or postseason on Fox unless Cleveland or SF has been playing, and only then with the TV sound off and local radio on. Did this starting in 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016.