Olympics: Bob Costas Out for 2nd Night, May Sit Out Rest of Winter Games

Matt Lauer will replace Bob Costas for Wednesday night’s Olympic coverage

Bob Costas is still recovering from an eye infection that is sidelining him as anchor of NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage for a second night, the sportscaster said during a phone call with theย “Today Show” on Wednesday morning.

Matt Lauer, host of the morning program, will replace Costas as anchor on Wednesday.

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“Actually, I don’t feel that bad,” Costas said. “And the irony of it is, we’ve all felt worse than I feel right now and gone into work…I’ve done lots of ball games and events feel much less than my best, but in this case it’s just involuntary.

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