Brian Lerer on WMYC, and for kind of a treat to end today's show, we have a chance to talk to the legendary broadcaster Bob Costas.

I say legendary broadcaster Bob Costas, I say legendary broadcaster, Bob Costas, not just

sportscaster, because he's the only person in television history to have won Emmy Awards in

Sports, Entertainment, and News Categories, 29 Emmys and all. He joins us in advance of an event

at the 92nd Street Y this Sunday called Bob Costas,

a career conversation with Howard Bryant. Some of you know Howard Bryant, too, maybe from his

main job on ESPN or his writing, including his biography of Hank Aaron, but also as a regular

sports commentator on this station on NPR with Scott Simon on weekend edition Saturday.

So they'll talk about the life and times of Bob Costas on Sunday night after he has

stepped away from baseball play-by-play now after 44 years.

And we get to do a mini version of that kind of conversation ourselves right now and also

invite your calls.

Bob, very big fan. Thank you so much for

giving us some time today. Welcome to WNYC. Hi, Brian. I've listened to you over the years, so it's a

pleasure to be on with you. Thank you. And listeners, our phones are open. Anything, you always wanted

to ask Bob Costas, but never had him over for dinner.

212-433 WNYC, 212, 433-9-6-92.

Feel free to call or text.

Bob, listeners may not know you grew up in our area in Comac on Long Island.

You went to Comac High School South, I see.

Were you a big sports fan or a sports announcing fan as a kid? Yeah, both. Baseball especially, because as I was growing up, late 50s,

early 60s, when I first became aware of sports, baseball was still the unquestioned national

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