Bob Costas isn't backing down on his belief that the NFL faces a day of reckoning on the issue of brain injuries
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The NBC and MLB announcer joins co-hosts Jim Litke and Tim Dahlberg to talk about a variety of issues, including the Olympics and how the growing use of analytics has made baseball into a different game than he watched growing up.
Litke and Dahlberg discuss the week's top events, including the Masters, which Costas says is the one sporting event he wishes he could have broadcast. And they debate the merits of Waffle House
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Costas once described the location of Augusta National Golf club "like putting the Eiffel Tower in the middle of a trailer park," and says he has played the course but will leave the broadcast booth to others.
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The Patriots knew early in the offseason that they would need to find a new left tackle because Nate Solder left for the Giants as a free agent.
Different candidates were bandied about, but a late April trade for Trent Brown wound up being the answer to their need. Brown played right tackle with the 49ers and his transition to the left side of the line went well enough that he came out of spring work as the favorite for the job.
He’s solidified his hold on the job this summer due to what offensive line coach Dante Scarnecchia calls, via ESPN.com
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“Definitely, and he’s done a good job of that,” Belichick said, via a transcript from the team. “Yeah
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Brown is new enough at the position that there will likely be some rough patches once the regular season gets underway, but the signs have been that Brown can handle the spot well enough to dim any major concerns that accompanied Solder’s departure.
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