Bob Costas blasted President Trump’s lawsuits against media companies — and the executives who are buckling under them rather than fighting back. “The free press is under attack. Democracy as we know it is under attack,” Costas said Monday night.

Costas, who retired from play-by-play game coverage in 2024 after a 44-year career as a journalist and sportscaster, made the remarks while accepting the lifetime achievement Mirror Award from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School at the Edison Ballroom in New York.

The Emmy winner didn’t mince words when it came to ABC’s decision to pay a $15 million settlement to Trump rather than contest the president’s claims in court. “All they should have said was George misspoke. They didn’t have to pay a $15 million ransom.”

Costas also had harsh word

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