- The first time he visited Stan Musial's St. Louis eatery, left a $3.31 tip in homage to Musial's lifetime batting average (.331).
- For his fortieth birthday, Oakland A's manager Tony LaRussa allowed him to manage the club during a spring training game.
- Children: Keith (b. 1986) and Taylor (b. 1989).
- Carries a Mickey Mantle baseball card in his wallet.
- He is of Greek (father) and Irish and German (mother) descent.
- Attended Syracuse University in New York.
- Had made it known that he despises the often-used phrase that a player or team can "control their own destiny." He claims that if it truly is 'destiny,' there is nothing any team or player can do to change it.
- Ranked #6 by the American Sportscasters Association in its list of the Top 50 Sportscasters of All-Time (January 2009).
- First full-time sportscasting job came at age 22 with the American Basketball Association's Spirits of St. Louis, calling games on radio station KMOX.
- In 2000, published his first book, 'Fair Ball: A Fan's Case For Baseball.'
- Apart from his normal sportscasting duties, Costas also announced periodic dog-sled and elevator races.
- Costas has won four National Sportcaster of the Year awards (from the National Sportcaster and Sportswriter Association) and three Emmy Awards for outstanding sports announcing.
- Graduated Commack High School South, Class of '70, the first class to graduate from that school.
- NBC sportscaster (1980- ).
- Recipient of the Curt Gowdy Award (awarded to members of the electronic and print media for outstanding contributions to basketball) in 1999.
- As of 2020, holds the record for individual with the most Sports Emmy wins at 23.
- Winner of the 2018 Ford C. Frick Award, given annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame to a broadcaster for ""major contributions to baseball".
- Inducted into the Suffolk [County, New York] Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.
- Covered 12 Olympic Games events (1988-2016) during his career.
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