Phil Rosenthal: If Costas split from NBC means a future for 'Later,' everybody wins
Free Bob Costas. Free Bob Costas.
No, it's not exactly a battle cry. Just a good idea.
Spend a few minutes, or a day or two, watching clips of "Later With Bob Costas" on YouTube, and you'll get genuinely excited by the possibility the longtime sportscaster might be consciously uncoupling from NBC, his primary TV home for nearly 40 years.
Costas at 66 simply has too much to offer to get the Walter Cronkite treatment, kept under contract but largely unused, as if a museum piece.
So the news he's negotiating a release from his NBC Sports contract,
