{"id":2143,"date":"2025-11-04T17:27:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T17:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/?p=2143"},"modified":"2025-11-20T08:53:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:53:47","slug":"bob-costas-high-school-yearbook-photo-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/bob-costas-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Costas High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"celeb_name\">Bob Costas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Sportscaster, TV Host<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Birthdate:&nbsp;<\/strong>Mar 22, 1952<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>High School:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/class\/Commack-South-High-School\/5947?communityType=1&amp;year=1970&amp;?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Commack South High School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yearbooks:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/yearbooks\/Commack-South-High-School\/9949?page=0&amp;?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1970<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Yearbook photos of Bob Costas from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/class\/Commack-South-High-School\/5947?communityType=1&amp;year=1970&amp;?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Commack South High School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"2165\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bob-costas-yearbook-photo.jpg\" alt=\"high school yearbook photo 1\" class=\"wp-image-2165\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"431\" data-id=\"2166\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CommackSouthHS-1970-Yearbook-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"high school yearbook photo 2\" class=\"wp-image-2166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CommackSouthHS-1970-Yearbook-Cover.jpg 323w, https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CommackSouthHS-1970-Yearbook-Cover-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/yearbooks\/Commack-South-High-School\/9949?page=34&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Robert Quinlan \u201cBob\u201d Costas<\/strong>&nbsp;(born March 22, 1952) is a sportscaster and television host. He graduated from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/class\/Commack-South-High-School\/5947?communityType=1&amp;year=1970&amp;?s=80640\">Commack South High School&nbsp;<\/a>in 1970, where he served as sports editor. Costas got his start in sportscasting as an announcer for the Syracuse Blazers, a minor-league hockey team, when he was still in college. He earned his first national broadcast role in the mid-1970s, doing play-by-play for NFL games for the CBS network. In the following decade, he began working with NBC, providing play-by-play for NFL, MLB, and NBA games. In the 1990s, Costas became the prime time host for NBC\u2019s Olympics broadcast coverage. He has also branched out to serve as host for a number of studio shows over the years, including&nbsp;<em>Later<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Studio 42 with Bob Costas<\/em>. He is the only person in television history to have received Emmy awards for Sports, News, and Entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Awards (partial list):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>National Sportscaster of the Year<\/strong>. 1985<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sports Emmy Award for&nbsp;<strong>Outstanding Sports Personality, Play-by-Play<\/strong>&nbsp;for NBC. 1997<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>TV Guide<\/em>&nbsp;Award for&nbsp;<strong>Favorite Sportscaster<\/strong>. 2000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sports Emmy Award for&nbsp;<strong>Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio Host<\/strong>&nbsp;for NBC\/NBC Sports Network. 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sports Emmy Award for&nbsp;<strong>Outstanding Sports Personality, Play-by-Play<\/strong>&nbsp;for MLB Network. 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Wikipedia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Costas Sportscaster, TV Host Birthdate:&nbsp;Mar 22, 1952 High School:&nbsp;Commack South High School Yearbooks:&nbsp;1970 Yearbook photos of Bob Costas from&nbsp;Commack South High School &nbsp; Robert Quinlan \u201cBob\u201d Costas&nbsp;(born March 22, 1952) is a sportscaster and television host. He graduated from&nbsp;Commack South High School&nbsp;in 1970, where he served as sports editor. 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