Editing Bob Costas (section)

===Early career===
While studying communications in college, Costas began his professional career in 1973, at WSYR-TV{{efn|Not to be confused with the present-day [[WSYR-TV]].}} (now [[WSTM-TV]]) and [[WSYR-FM]] radio in [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]].  He called for the minor league [[Syracuse Blazers]] of the [[Eastern Hockey League]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Croyle |first1=Johnathan |title=That time Bob Costas met Mickey Mantle, and 3 other stories with a Syracuse twist |url=https://www.syracuse.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/01/7fb61994635060/a-look-at-some-past-connections-between-bob-costas-and-syracuse.html |access-date=21 March 2023 |work=[[Syracuse Post-Standard]] |date=16 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Sportscaster U">{{Cite magazine|last=David|first=Marc|date=2002|title=Sportscaster U|url=http://surface.syr.edu/sumagazine/vol19/iss2/11/|magazine=[[Syracuse University Magazine]]|language=en|volume=19 |issue=2 |page=33}}</ref>

After leaving school in 1974, he joined [[KMOX]] radio in [[St. Louis]]. He covered games of the [[American Basketball Association]] (ABA).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bob Costas (Interview)|url=https://www.remembertheaba.com/abaarticles/ballantiniinterviewcostas.html|date=April 20, 1999}}</ref> Costas would call [[Missouri Tigers men's basketball|Missouri Tigers basketball]] and co-host KMOX's ''Open Line'' call-in program. He did play-by-play for [[Chicago Bulls]] broadcasts on [[WGN-TV]] during the [[1979–80 Chicago Bulls season|1979–1980 NBA season]].<ref>[http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/screen.php?c=786&m=xxwgnxx&p=2  "WGN Channel{{nbsp}}9—Chicago Bulls Basketball With Bob Costas (Promo, 1979)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174213/http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/screen.php?c=786&m=xxwgnxx&p=2 |date=March 3, 2016 }}. [[The Museum of Classic Chicago Television]]. Retrieved August 5, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/screen.php?c=1093&m=xxwgnxx&p=1  "WGN Channel{{nbsp}}99—Chicago Bulls Vs. Seattle SuperSonics (Opening, 1979)"]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233242/http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/screen.php?c=1093&m=xxwgnxx&p=1 |date=March 3, 2016 }}. [[The Museum of Classic Chicago Television]]. Retrieved August 5, 2012.</ref>