In the wake of the Jovan Belcher murder/suicide tragedy in Kansas City, last night Bob Costas decided to use NBC’s Sunday Night Football halftime show as a medium to tell the world about his beliefs on gun control:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uOi7If0zW9s
Regardless of whether or not you agree with Costas, my guess is his message would have come across a lot better if it hadn’t invoked memories of his self righteous rant about touchdown celebrations during halftime of a broadcast a year ago (ironically in Kansas City):
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