Bob Costas drinks vodka during broadcast: ‘My eyes couldn’t get any redder’

Published February 11, 2014 5:00am ET



NBC’s Bob Costas on Tuesday downed a glass of vodka on air after both of his eyes became infected during his trip to the Sochi Olympics in Russia.

“I’m not really that much of a vodka guy. I’m looking at it this way though; my eyes can’t get any redder, no matter what I do,” Costa said as he drained his glass.

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