--- description: His eye infection is getting visibly worse title: Bob Costas Eye Infection Worsens image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Bob Costas Is Not In Good Shape  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 11, 2014 3:45 AM CUT  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 11, 2014 3:45 AM CUT _Updated: Feb. 11, 9:00 a.m._ Bob Costas, who’s anchoring much of NBC’s primetime Sochi Winter Olympics coverage, is battling an eye infection — and he appears to be losing. Costas acknowledged having “some kind of minor infection which should resolve itself by the weekend” on Thursday. It has not resolved itself. It has, instead, spread to both of his eyes: Props to Costas for hanging in there despite what looks like double pink eye (Or is that just “pink eyes?”). Just two more weeks to go, Bob! **Update**: But on Tuesday morning, NBC [announced](http://www.today.com/sochi/bob-costas-take-night-olympics-coverage-over-eye-infection-matt-2D12093091 "undefined") that Costas would be taking the night off from his Olympic duties, to be replaced by Matt Lauer. Costas managed a humorous toss to Lauer despite his cringe-worthy eye infection, saying: “Reluctantly, I was trying to throw a complete game here, but I think we’re going to have to go to the bullpen, and I don’t know if you’re aware of this or not, but you’re Mariano Rivera, at least tonight.” Costas’ appearance has, of course, invited all sorts of jokes on Twitter: _This post has been updated to indicate Costas taking Tuesday off from reporting._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6623/bob-costas-eye-infection/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6623/bob-costas-eye-infection/"},"headline":"Bob Costas Is Not In Good Shape","datePublished":"2014-02-11T03:45:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:08.713Z","description":"His eye infection is getting visibly worse","url":"https://time.com/6623/bob-costas-eye-infection/","keywords":["Newsfeed","olympics","NBC","Media","Winter Olympics","Sochi","2014 Sochi Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Fitzpatrick","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6623/bob-costas-eye-infection/","name":"Bob Costas Is Not In Good Shape"}}]}] ```