FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, May 31st, 2012

BOB COSTAS TO INTERVIEW REX RYAN AND I’LL HAVE ANOTHER TRAINER DOUG O’NEILL ON THE NEXT “COSTAS TONIGHT”

“Costas Tonight” Airs Monday Night on NBC Sports Network Following Game 3 of Stanley Cup Final 60-Minute Interview Show to Originate from Studio 8G at 30 Rock

NEW YORK – May 31, 2012 – New York Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan and I’ll Have Another’s trainer Doug O’Neill are scheduled to join Bob Costas, a 23-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and one of America’s preeminent interviewers, on the latest edition of Costas Tonight, a 60-minute interview program, to air on Monday, June 4 immediately following Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on the NBC Sports Network.

 

Costas will discuss the Jets off-season with Ryan, including the addition of back-up quarterback Tim Tebow and how Ryan sees Tebow’s role with the team in 2012. Costas will also discuss other NFL topics with Ryan, one of the most colorful coaches in the NFL, including the “bounty” story of this off-season and the tragic suicide of Junior Seau.

 

In addition, Costas will sit down one-on-one with Doug O’Neill, the colorful and controversial trainer of Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I’ll Have Another as he prepares for the Belmont and the elusive Triple Crown. O’Neill is currently facing a 45-day ban from horse racing for allegedly giving one of his horses an illegal performance-enhancing mixture. His suspension, which he can appeal, will begin no sooner than July 1.

 

Re-Air Dates (All times ET):

Tuesday           June 5, 8:30 p.m. and 2 a.m.

Wednesday     June 6, 7 a.m.

Thursday         June 7, 2 a.m.

Friday              June 8, 7 a.m., 11 p.m. and 2 a.m.

Thursday         June 14, 11 p.m.

Sunday            June 17, 9:30 p.m. and 2 a.m.

 

Costas Tonight builds on Costas’ long and storied career as an interviewer from Later with Bob Costas and Costas Coast-to-Coast to his acclaimed HBO programs, On the Record and CostasNOW.  Costas Tonight originates from Studio 8G at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.