Fresh Air, Bob Costas and Robert Kimball (Nonfiction‪)‬

Emmy-award winning sportscaster Bob Costas and editor Robert Kimball on this edition of Fresh Air. Since 1980, Bob Costas has been affiliated with the NBC network covering Major League Baseball, the NFL, and the NBA. He was the prime-time host for the 1992 Summer Olympic Games, the 1996 Summer Olympics, and the 2000 Sydney Games. He's won numerous Emmys including one for his now defunct late-night TV interview program Later with Bob Costas. He is currently anchor of MSNBC's "InterNight." Costas is also the author of Fair Ball: A Fan's Case for Baseball. Robert Kimball is the editor of the new book, The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin which he compiled with Berlin's daughter, Linda Emmet. Berlin's songs include "Cheek to Cheek", "Let's Face the Music", "Always", "There's No Business Like Show Business", "White Christmas", and the song heard a lot of lately, "God Bless America". Kimball edited complete lyrics collections of Cole Porter, Ira Gershwin, and Lorenz Hart. (Broadcast Date: November 1, 2001)