Sara Mulder

Lover of all things spreadsheet-able and oversimplified words of wisdom.

[Darvin @darvinxq]

Bob Costas was 18 when his father dropped dead at JFK airport. At the wake, a man handed him a thick envelope with $6,000 in $100 bills. It was everything his father left behind, and a bookie would never have paid it to a dead man.

In the video below, he tells the story himself.

His father, John, was a big-time gambler. Not casinos, not racetracks. Ball games. Bob says the mortgage was literally riding on his bets.

When the games went the wrong way, he threw things, cursed and yelled. Bob’s mom and sister would leave. Bob stayed, because watching the games with his dad was the only way to be close to him.

Friday, May 15, 1970. A cop knocks on the door. Before he says a word, Bob’s mother asks, “My husband’s dead, isn’t he?” John Costas had a heart attack walking through JFK. He was 42.

At the wake, one of his gambling buddies walked in with the envelope. “Your father was up when he died. Give this to your mother.” A bookie never pays a dead man, so the friend went to the bookie himself and said John sent him to collect.

Decades later, Bob Costas refused to read sports betting ads on air. Today the bookie lives in everyone’s phone. Is that progress?

[Eden Prairie High School Football @FootballEPHS]

30 more days ⌛️.

#eaglenation

[Sara Mulder @WhatMulderSaid]

Exciting news @BluecrossMN has been recognized by the @StarTribune as a 2024 #TopWorkplace. There is a reason why I have worked here for 7 years now! Learn more about #LifeAtBlue at https://t.co/8UpwS585X3. https://t.co/hAQwQWApqx

[Eden Prairie High School Football @FootballEPHS]

Head Coach Mike Grant has announced the captains for the 2024 football season. The captains are James Anderson, Jeremy Fredericks, Matthew Ivey, Max Kukla, and Elijah Rumph.

#eaglenation

[D-III Hockey News @DIIIHockeyNews]

Adam Plager: Lake Forest

[D-III Hockey News @DIIIHockeyNews]

2024 Broadcaster Bracket: FINAL FOUR

Ray Biggs (@D3HkyBiggsy) of @Utica_Pioneers / @UticaMensHockey / @UticaWIH

vs

Adam Plager (@playbyplager) of @LFAthletics / @lfcmhockey / @LFCWomensHockey

24 Hours! Get your votes in! #d3hky

[Eden Prairie High School Football @FootballEPHS]

Gameday‼️
7pm @ Home

[Eden Prairie High School Football @FootballEPHS]

End Q3.

[Star Tribune Sports @StribSports]

Thursday night prep football: @FootballEPHS sinks @TonkaFB in matchup of top Class 6A teams. Game story from @JimPaulsen #MSHSL https://t.co/CIHs6TuNuU

[Eden Prairie High School Football @FootballEPHS]

Gameday‼️

[Sara Mulder @WhatMulderSaid]

@brycebutzer Right?!

[EPEaglesLive @EPEaglesLive]

.@FootballEPHS are 2-0! The Eagles took the lead to start the night and never trailed as a Vaugn Feely Pick 6 sealed the deal late!!! Highlights 🎥 🏈 ⬇️

[Sara Mulder @WhatMulderSaid]

@brycebutzer So I spaced on the draft last night because my fave EP Eagle had a game. Auto-draft picked me an A+ team anyway. And the boy had a decent game!

[Chris Peters @chrismpeters]

On April 7, Annelies Bergmann will make history when she starts in net for the NAHL's Janesville Jets. She will become the first woman to appear in a junior hockey game at the Tier I or II level in the United States https://t.co/ArOIqQ4J7Q

[Sara Mulder @WhatMulderSaid]

@MSHSLjohn Pioneer seed co?

[Sara Mulder @WhatMulderSaid]

Super proud of my girl, Jenna Fryar. The deuce got the Hobey Baker character award. Eagle award from her teammates for exemplifying the four team values of perseverance, unity, discipline and passion. Academic All State too.

[Eden Prairie High School Football @FootballEPHS]

Our deepest condolences to our head coach, Mike Grant, and his family, on the passing of his father, the legendary Minnesota Viking and NFL Hall of Fame head coach Bud Grant.

[Sara Mulder @WhatMulderSaid]

Proud mama! Full article: https://t.co/fFsxYoZgDb

[Rick Olson @rickolson77]

Eden Prairie beat Holy Angels 2-1 in OT. Eagles #22 Paige Holt unleashed a shot from the slot and #25 Jordan Hirsch swooped in to pick up the rebound & scored the GWG with 4:17 remaining in overtime. Seniors scored both of the goals for a storybook ending to EP’s Senior Night.

[Eden Prairie Local News (EPLN) @EPLocalNews]

Sports update: Eagles girls hockey scores in final seconds Saturday to beat Wayzata. @EPHSGIRLSHOCKEY
https://t.co/oiP0wNzjjI