From January 12, 2022:

On the 71st episode of “Great Dane Nation,” Morten is joined by a member of both the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame – the legendary sportscaster Bob Costas joins the show for a lengthy conversation on a variety of topics. But first, he checks in with TommyFreezePops (Tom Carroll) for this week’s edition of the “Opening Kick." This week, Morten reflects on a special night for the Georgia Bulldogs, winning their first College Football National Championship since 1980.

We then move to our interview with Bob Costas, where he discusses a wide range of topics: dealing with a terrible eye infection while hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics; his perspective on the Antonio Brown story, and why he thinks his problems go way beyond football; returning to HBO and reviving his old show; why his biggest professional regret is giving up his late night show “Later” on NBC; why Adam Vinatieri passing Morten on the all-time scoring list was a good thing for Morten, and the next two kickers to be joining him and Jan in the Pro Football Hall of Fame; his keys to being a great interviewer; his favorite interview ever; why he’d love to interview Barry Bonds, and what he thinks will happen with Bonds and Roger Clemens when it comes to Hall of Fame voting; why he believes Curt Schilling should be in the Hall of Fame, regardless of his political views; trying to decide which of the major events he covered throughout his career was his favorite; how to handle the mammoth that is hosting the Olympics in primetime; the battle on obscure sports he lost to NBC Sports; why the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 stand above the rest for him personally; what makes a tough interview; his thoughts on MLB Network parting ways with Ken Rosenthal after critical remarks made about Rob Manfred; his thoughts on the MLB lockout and what he thinks is the biggest problem with the game of baseball right now; why he does not envy the position NBC is in with the Olympics this year; his thoughts on the Chiefs, Packers and Buccaneers heading into the NFL Playoffs; “The Name Game,” featuring John Madden, Al Michaels, Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth, Dick Enberg and Dick Ebersol; and why he’d love to sit down for an interview with both Morten and Gary Anderson.

Then we move to a special edition of “Morten’s Fast 5,” where our Hall of Famer makes picks for all six games being played this Wild Card Weekend. Morten gives his picks for Raiders at Bengals, Patriots at Bills, Eagles at Buccaneers, 49ers at Cowboys, Steelers at Chiefs and Cardinals at Rams.

Finally, we close things out with “Morten’s Game Winner” – a weekly monologue from The Great Dane on his biggest takeaway of the week. This week, Morten talks about Bob Costas and the art of a great interview.