Bob Costas

Oxbow's Preakness victory doesn't spoil anything

2013-05-18 21:42:00

BALTIMORE — Chances are, the horse racing public will get it wrong again. When Oxbow went wire-to-wire in Saturday's Preakness, again ruining a chance for a Triple Crown, it is likely to prompt hand-wringing among those who see it as the...

Fox pulls 'Family Guy' episode after Boston bombings

2013-04-16 16:48:00

Fox Broadcasting on Tuesday yanked a recent episode of "Family Guy" from websites after edited clips of the animated series appeared to portray a bombing, mayhem and deaths at a Boston Marathon. Fox pulled the episode, which was titled "Turban Cowboy,"...

Friday's TV Highlights: 'Nikita' on KTLA

2013-04-11 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 7 -13, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES Fast Lane This new series takes...

Patricia Heaton in 'The Middle' of home sale in Hancock Park

2013-03-01 20:28:00

Actress Patricia Heaton, who stars in "The Middle," and her husband, actor David Hunt, put their home in Hancock Park up for sale at $8.295 million, and in three weeks it was in escrow. The Italianate Mediterranean-style estate was built in 1923. The...

Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Nashville' on ABC

2013-04-02 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 31 - April 5, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � -------------------- SERIES Arrow Detectives Lance and Hilton...

Comcast changes policy on accepting gun ads

2013-02-20 16:11:00

Comcast Corp. said its cable systems will stop accepting ads for guns or from retail outlets promoting gun sales as part of a new policy. A spokesman for the nation's largest cable operator said the approach is similar to one its entertainment unit...

Bob Costas makes gun control speech on 'Sunday Night Football'

2012-12-03 10:06:00

Bob Costas has never been bashful about speaking his mind, whether the issue at hand is gravely serious (Jerry Sandusky) or decidedly less so (NBC’s short-lived sitcom “Animal Practice”).� But during halftime of Sunday’s game...

Stan Musial dies at 92; Cardinals' Hall of Fame hitter

2013-01-19 19:38:00

To generations of baseball fans, he was simply "Stan the Man." Stan Musial, a legendary slugger for the St. Louis Cardinals who came to embody one of the sport's most successful franchises, died Saturday. He was 92. Musial, who had Alzheimer's...

Sports, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways

2013-02-13 19:30:00

Cupid's juiced. Lance Armstrong's head is corked. Is there anything left to love about modern sports, the apparent bastion of liars, cheats and psychopaths? Well, here are 100 Valentines dedicated to all that's still good about sports. "There are really...

Bob Costas buys $4.7-million house in Newport Coast

2013-02-09 07:30:00

NBC and Olympics sportscaster Bob Costas and his wife, Jill Sutton, have bought a house in a gated community in Newport Coast for $4.7 million. The more than half-acre lot contains a main house, a guest casita, a saltwater swimming pool with spa, a...

Weekend TV Talk Shows: Leon Panetta; Wayne LaPierre; Bob Costas

2013-02-01 13:03:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 3 - 9, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Chris Matthews Show Michael Duffy; Katty Kay; Howard Fineman; Annie...

Rodney Harrison is 'scared to death' after suffering concussions

2013-01-31 14:51:00

Rodney Harrison, the former all-pro safety for the San Diego Chargers and New England Patriots, said he's scared for his future after sustaining numerous concussions during his playing days.� "I'm scared to death,"� Harrison said in an interview with...

Bob Costas turns 60 today. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

2013-02-05 18:40:00

Returns: 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8 Ryan (Matthew Perry) will get the offer of a lifetime from Bob Costas in the show's first episode of 2013. Ryan also decides he wants to get his first date as a widower out of the way -- which we're guessing doesn't go spectacularly.

2013-01-07 19:33:00

A man is removed after interrupting the trophy ceremony as NBC broadcaster Bob Costas interviews golfer Webb Simpson of the United States, right, after winning the 2012 U.S. Open atThe Olympic Club in San Francisco,

2012-06-18 07:57:00