Though neither Mr. Frank nor Mr. Costas would be specific about earnings, several sports experts said that in Mr. Costas's early years at NBC, starting in 1980, he made about $300,000, rising to $500,000 in 1983.
On Monday, Carnival said that its lost earnings this year from the grounding of the Costa Concordia would be $85 million to $95 million.
It was England's mistake – come on, admit it – to imagine Costa Rica would be that whipping boy.
The Grove-Costa proposal would be a drastic whacking.
Costas: What would be his motive to lie? Sandusky: You'd have to ask him that.
The big news here before kick-off was that Diego Costa would not be playing for Chelsea at White Hart Lane.
Mr. Costa thought he "would be blackballed as a contractor in the city" if he did not do the renovations free, prosecutors said he told them.
Few would have predicted that it would be Costa Rica, representing a country of only 4.8m people and with a modest football history, that would emerge from a group of three former world champions.
