Bob Costas on Michael Jordan, "Roundball Rock," Bill Walton, and 12 Years of the NBA on NBC

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🗓️ 5 June 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Hello, media consumers! The NBA Finals begin this week, so Bryan brings you the podcast a day early, and he welcomes one of the most prolific voices in basketball history, Bob Costas. They take a look back at Bob’s time with NBC, discussing the following: The first year of the NBA on NBC and how Bob was wanted as a play-by-play announcer (2:02) The art of putting together the story of the game (6:52) Michael Jordan’s run during the beginning of the NBC era (16:22) The O.J. Simpson chase during the 1994 NBA Finals (24:28) Calling what we thought at the time was Michael Jordan’s final shot in the NBA (41:01) The 1998-99 NBA lockout (45:22) Plus, David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Bob Costas Producer: Brian H. Waters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:51.2	Hello media consumers, Consumers,
0:53.0	Welcome to Press Box.
0:54.0	Brian Curtis of the Ringer here, along with producer Brian Waters.
0:58.0	Let me give you two recent headlines.
1:00.0	Number one, the NBA finals start on Thursday. And number two, it looks like
1:06.7	NBA games are headed back to NBC, where they were during the Round Ball Rock era of 1990 to 2002.
1:15.0	Now what's fascinating to me about the NBA on NBC
1:20.0	is not that we remember Michael Jordan winning six titles because of course we remember that.
1:24.9	We remember the network coverage from the announcers to the theme song.
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