Bill Text: IL HR0734 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Bob Costas on winning the Ford C. Frick Award.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-01-30 - Resolution Adopted [HR0734 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0734-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives
wish to congratulate Robert Quinlan "Bob" | ||||||
4 | Costas on being chosen
as the 2018 recipient of the Ford C. | ||||||
5 | Frick Award, given annually
by the National Baseball Hall of | ||||||
6 | Fame for excellence in
broadcasting; and
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7 | WHEREAS, The Ford C. Frick Award is the highest honor a
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8 | broadcaster can receive from the National Baseball Hall of | ||||||
9 | Fame; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Bob Costas began his post-college broadcasting | ||||||
11 | career
on the local St. Louis station, KMOX-AM, announcing | ||||||
12 | play-by-play
for the American Basketball Association team the | ||||||
13 | Spirits of St.
Louis; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Bob Costas was hired by NBC in 1980 and joined the
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15 | broadcasting team on the popular baseball show, Game of the
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16 | Week; he went on to announce baseball all-star and
postseason | ||||||
17 | games throughout the 1980s and 1990s, becoming a
respected | ||||||
18 | national broadcaster; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Bob Costas has found success announcing for | ||||||
20 | various
sports, most notably as NBC's prime time Olympics host | ||||||
21 | from 1992 to 2016; he has won numerous broadcasting awards |
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1 | including 28
Emmys and eight Sportscaster of the Year awards; | ||||||
2 | and
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3 | WHEREAS, Baseball has always been a constant throughout the | ||||||
4 | career of Bob
Costas; he has been a strong advocate for the | ||||||
5 | game, has
spoken out against steroid use, and has championed a | ||||||
6 | purer and
more unhurried version of the game in his book, Fair | ||||||
7 | Ball: A
Fan's Case for Baseball; and
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8 | WHEREAS, By his simple love of baseball, Bob Costas has | ||||||
9 | become
the voice that connects numerous fans to the sport they
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10 | love; therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
12 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
13 | congratulate
Bob Costas on winning the 2018 Ford C. Frick Award | ||||||
14 | from the
National Baseball Hall of Fame, and we wish him | ||||||
15 | continued
success in all future endeavors; and be it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
17 | presented to Bob Costas as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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