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Bob Costas had a meteoric rise in broadcasting, from Syracuse University to KMOX Radio in St. Louis to the networks. But before Costas was a fixture on our televisions, he announced minor league hockey, ABA basketball and even was a substitute host on "Bowling for Dollars" in Syracuse. In part one of our conversation with Bob Costas, growing up on Long Island as a sports crazed kid, listening to out of town games on the car radio, the advice he got from the high school baseball coach who cut him, opportunities while he was a student at Syracuse University and then off to St. Louis and shortly thereafter the network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices