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Article: Bob Costas' hour may have finally arrived. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Article date:
- April 5, 1994
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It's easy to be an overrated star. But it's almost a contradiction in terms to be an underrated one.
So what is to be made of Bob Costas?
Despite the recognition he has earned as a sportscaster, his broader talent as a journalist was hidden to some extent by the insomniac-oriented schedule of his former NBC showcase, ``Later with Bob Costas.''
His prime-time interview last week with Mickey Mantle, as part of ``Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric,'' offered the kind of equally compassionate and tough-minded reporting that is rarely seen on a news magazine.
Talking at times through a stream of tears, Mantle unburdened himself about a sense of failure that even ...
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