Bob Costas Incites Backlash After Comparing Olympic Sport to 'Jackass'

The Winter Olympics hasn't started yet, but Bob Costas has already drawn fire for comparing one new sport to Jackass

The kerfuffle started Monday when Costas, NBC's star sports broadcaster, appeared on Today to discuss the upcoming Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Host Matt Lauer brought up slopestyle — a sport in which skiers and snowboarders perform tricks and jumps while hurtling downhill — and Costas promptly stuck foot in mouth

Video is no longer available on Today's website — due to "usage restrictions," according to NBC — but here's the exchange via Deadspin: Read more...