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bob costas joins us now on the phone. bob, so scary to see that. to watch consecutive breaks from the game. players, on the field, huddling together. crying. we don't know all that is happening. or what has caused the injury exactly, or what the nature of it is. but have you ever seen anything like this tonight? >> there have been circumstances in the past where receiver from the patriots was paralyzed from the neck down after hit in the game against the raiders. and the 1970s. they've been players who collapsed on the field because of cardiac difficulties. a player named chuck hughes, but detroit lines, back in the 70s died on the field. jt cain, who was the receiver for the then st. louis cardinals playing in arizona. similar thing during training camp. but nothing exactly like this. the play did not look that out of the ordinary. people might think of the watch the games that there was some sort of helmet to helmet contact. the young man, the bar hamblin, made the tackle -- tee higgins, the receiver for the bengals. actually hits him in the ches

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joining to talk about it, bob costas, cnn sportscaster.lear example of what we've watching, sports watching, saudi arabia continuing to commit these horrifying human and rights abu >> true. they almost made my earpiece pop out. i apologize for the spaghetti strand over my shoulder. the whole idea of sports washing is one we talked about. many u.s. companies including some who are sponsors of the pga have business relationships with saudi arabia, and the united states and sports leagues in the united states are deeply invested in china. that doesn't change the fact that these individual golfers had a choice to make. it wasn't as if they'd be on a bread line if they stayed with the pga. they had a choice to make. what they did is not by any means illegal in accepting the money, but to many people it's unseemly given the background you just laid out. while it's on the usoc for putting two olympics in beijing, another in sochi, and it's on fifa for putting a world cup in qatar, those athletes have no choice but to go. the golfers in this case

here to help us look back at a dramatic and history making year is the legendary bob costas.a lot of good-byes this year in different forms beginning with retirements. >> reporter: yeah, and since we just talked about djokovic, might as well stay with tennis. serena williams, the greatest female player of all time, bowed out at the u.s. open. she didn't win it but played better than many people expected her to play at this stage of her career. it was a fine way to tie a ribbon around it. roger federer, one of the greatest players of all time along with djokovic and rafael nadal, roger federer also stepped aside. you have mike krzyzewski ending an epic coaching career at duke. the only coach in college basketball more accomplished than he was john wooden of ucla who comes out of a different era, but krzyzewski's teams won five national titles, went to 13 final fours, he also coached olympic teams. he's one of the great coaches not just in college basketball but in the history of american sports. and then a story that puts a smile on your face, albert pujols' greatest seasons h

joining me now to discuss all of, this the contributor, bob costas. bob, good to see.ve to tell you, when we saw the injury of russell gage last night, a comment you made to me in the past, several, weeks came to mine. the idea of it is possible to make the sport safer but not entirely safe. and injuries like we saw, seeming to be more and more part of the game. , and i wonder, from that perspective, the fact that this is a sport where people are coming to expect, unfortunately, injuries we, are the players protected in their contracts? or incentivized to play hurt? we >> well, there are some contracts, not, all but a great many contracts in the nfl are not guaranteed, even if it seems to be multi-contracts, they are vulnerable at the team's discretion along the way. there are some contracts, damar hamlin's was won, as a matter of fact, where you actually receive less compensation if you missed games for being injured. which creates some incentive for players to try to cover up or play through injuries. now, in the case of damar handle, and, obviously the league will f

joining me now is bob costas. bob, good to see you. good to know that there are some improvement.in critical condition. there's been some back and forth as to what that condition is. but i wonder what you make of the way this is being handled by the league and the way that the improvement has been relayed. >> i think people need to be cautiously optimistic. so i have no criticism about the way information such as it is has been relate to the public, this is still an ongoing situation and there was some hesitation about whether they would continue the game or not, but that was us they were gathering information and a lot of that decision-making was certainly influenced by the coaches and players and in cincinnati, but back in new york, roger goodell and troy vincent and people are the players association are being briefed, so i have no criticism with a fact that it took a while to have a final decision that they would not play the game. and it seems to me obvious now, since this coming weekend is the final weekend of the regular season, they might have had a chance to make up this

want to bring a cnn contributor, bob costas, right. now on the phone. none of us have ever seen anything like this. as many football games as we all. what a talking to a local report there. so the minute happened you could tell that this was different. that something was truly wrong. your reaction tonight. >> yes, you could. exactly what it was, medical expertise and doctors writers in group to have various regards that. then the usual circumstance happens in terms of concussion, or people wobble to defeat them they have to be taken about that crisis within the nfl. they have made it somewhat safer. they have taken steps. but the very nature of the game is at a certain percentage, and somewhat sizeable, of those who play. will eventually suffer some sort of cognitive or neurological difficulty. because it happened played football. with repetitive hits, some of which resulted concussions. but even, as we now know, some concussive hits. which are now diagnose concussions. cumulatively caused great damage. but throughout the conversation, tonight. i think i

joining us now is cnn contributor bob costas. on the phone. cnn sports anchor coy wire., i want to start with you because you were just part of this nfl conference call where they made clear that they do not have any specific updates on them are hamlin's medical condition. which is something i think we were all waiting for. but they did provide some new information. quote did they tell you? >> the call happened at the stroke of midnight eastern time john. they gave a couple of logistical updates. one being that the team buffalo bills. they will travel back to buffalo tonight. they were informed just before midnight that was going to be the case. though a handful of players were choosing to stay. and cincinnati. to be at the hospital with their teammate. with their brother. the other issue was the question of when will this game resume. and they have not had any sort of communication or conversation about that. that will happen at a later time. they did discuss the emergency action plan that went into place. something they rehearsed. something they talk about with both he

joining me now cnn contributor and legendary sports person bob costas. glad to have you on tonight.out damar hamlin, and people are looking also now to what this means two weeks after and the playoffs have now started. they've had to retool a bit to take account for that game having not been played. what happens? >> yeah. well, if it had happened earlier in the season when teams have by weeks they could have figured out how to get it. have these two teams on the field when the incident happened, have them play this week when everybody else sits around and wits. that would be not just inconvenient but would be competitively difficult for the other teams involved in the playoffs, plus it would have compressed the two weeks between the conference championships and the super bowl to one week. and the super bowl is such an extravaganza now, the logistics when you don't know which two teams are going to be involved until two weeks before and then it would be just a week before. the hotels, the tickets, all the logistics of that would be almost impossible or at least very daunting to under

joining me now is bob costas. good to see you and good to know there is some improvement.s remain in critical condition. there has been some back and forth as to what that condition is. but i wonder what you make of the way this is being handled by the league and the way that the improvement has been relayed. >> well, i think people need to be optimistic but cautiously optimistic, so i have no criticism about the way information such as it is has been relayed to the public. this is still an ongoing situation. and there was some hesitation about whether they would continue the game or not. but that was as they were gathering information. and a lot of that decision-making was certainly influenced by the coaches and players in cincinnati, but back in new york, roger goodell and troy aikman and the people at the players' association are being briefed. it took a while to have a final decision they would not play the game. it seems to me obvious now since this is the coming final weekend of the regular season, they might have had a chance to make up this game earlier in the seas

joining me to talk about it the legendary bob costas.ke up the first thing he asked his doctors was, who won the game on monday, which blows my mind to think about that. in that detail former bills' coast and espn analyst rex ryan was emotional today. let's take a listen. >> ah. >> it is a lot. >> it's all right. >> yeah, when he came out, "did we win," we needed that. >> yeah. >> as fans, we needed it. i mean this guy is a legend, a legend. you talk about a fighter? right he is a fighter. he is a legend. thank you. i need ied it, as a dad, as a coach and as a fan of this game. >> yeah. >> sorry. >> bob, this is a football country and i can't tell you how many folks i have talked to in the past week who have been emotionally invested in what is going on with damar hamlin. >> yeah. >> put in perspective for us, and we asked this question in the previous hour and it is an essential one about the game of football, is this game safe? >> no, the game can never be safe. it is inherently brutal. it is inherently violent, but over the last decad

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bob costas explains how the play unfolded. >> damar hamlin made the tackle. t. higgins, the receiver for the the bengals, accidentally hit him in the chest. nothing dirty about the play according to the rules. this kind of play happens all the time in football but hamlin a although he made the tackle, took the brunt squarely in his chest. >> a lot of people are extremely worried about hamlin right now, including his mother who was at the game and then rode with him in the ambulance. some of his teammates are also at the hospital with him. the 24-year-old is in his second season with the bills and has played in every game of this season. many players, fans, even experts say that they've never seen anything like this during an nfl game. cnn sports correspondent carolyn manno is joining this live from new york. for our viewers joining this now, can you explain what it is that made fans and teammates and the other team aware that something unprecedented had happened to hamlin? >> reporter: yeah. i think, you know, americans unfortunately have become desensitized to

bob costas put this so well.do everything you can to make certain things hockey, a lot of sports, skiing, dangerous, injuries, these are people's choices to make their dreams come true as you put it. you can do everything you want to make those things as safe as they can be but never make them completely safe because they are inherently what they are. >> when my son played tackle football this year. a lot of parents make that choice. you have the conversation with your kids. you weigh exactly how old they are and you balance out the benefits that they are going to get from being a part of a team from developing and building their character, from the challenges that sports help to create better humans. i really do believe that. hardly any of us are going pro, a tiny percentage. it is what you learn from sports. as i tell my kids, use the ball, don't let the ball use you. that's why sports can be so powerful for so many. >> harris: the virginia attorney general has now launched an investigation into a prestigious h

. >>> bob costas, no one better from nfl and brackets all the way to figure skating perfect.e a good night, what's left of it. >> you too, a lot left on the west coast, enjoy that. everyone is also more questions than answers tonight, sadly, over the sudden death of lisa marie presley. we'll get you an update next. ♪. ♪. nothing kills more viruses on more surfaces than lysol disinfectant spray. ♪ we planned well for retirement, but i wish we had more cash. you think those two have any idea? that they can sell their life insurance policy for cash? so they're basically sitting on a goldmine? i don't think they have a clue. that's crazy! well, not everyone knows coventry's helped thousands of people sell their policies for cash. even term policies. i can't believe they're just sitting up there! sitting on all this cash. if you own a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more, you can sell all or part of it to coventry. even a term policy. for cash, or a combination of cash and coverage, with no future premiums. someone needs to tell them, that they're sitting on a goldmine, and y

i want to go back to cnn's chief correspondent, sanjay gupta, cnn contributor, bob costa and nfl analyst former nfl linebacker emmanuel acho. doctor gupta, sanjay, just thinking about what has happened here tonight and there is a lot of uncertainty. we do not have all the answers obviously. he's in critical condition. we have seen what happened. there was the collapse and getting back up for a moment, of course. before he actually collapsed after that tackle was made. do you have any insight into what could've transpired here? do you think this was a cardiac, obviously, cardiac issue? what could've prompted it? >> yes, it really does seem like a cardiac issue, a heart issue primarily. we are speculating, laura, at this point. and it's tough to watch that, what transpired on the field there. but a couple of things to just point out, as you said. he stood up for a minute or a few seconds at least before he collapsed. i think one of the things that people always think about with football and with that is brain or spinal cord injury that doesn't seem as likely the case given that he did stan