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Howard Cosell passed away 20 years ago this month. In this three-part series, we look back on his contributions to sports media. The first installment detailed his eventual disillusionment with ...
Howard Cosell drank himself out of his announcing job at ABC, according a new biography of the famed TV sports personality. During a 1984 American League Championship game, Cosell and his partner, … ...
Howard Cosell, who delighted and infuriated listeners during a 30-year career as the nation’s best-known and most outspoken sports broadcaster, died Sunday at the Hospital for Joint Diseases … ...
Legendary sportscaster Howard Cosell was "telling it like it is" long before Gov. Chris Christie became governor. ... "Sleeper," when Allen played a man who woke up 200 years in the future, ...
In 1974, Muhammad Ali appeared on ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” with Joe Frazier to talk with Howard Cosell about their upcoming heavyweight title rematch.
In the fall of 1981, a white stretch limo carrying sportscasters Al Michaels and Howard Cosell was driving through a “gritty, inner-city” neighborhood in Kansas City when, from their window ...
The most famous television sportscaster of the 1970s was Howard Cosell, a nasal-toned, staccato blast of magniloquent pomposity who became the face and voice of ABC’s biggest prime-time shows ...
During all those years behind a microphone, Howard Cosell let everyone know he was “telling it like it is.” That mantra was taken to heart by HBO Sports executive producer Ross Greenbur… ...
There are probably as many Howard Cosell stories floating around as there are number of days the man trod the earth, which was in excess of 28,000 when he died Sunday. Here are a few of them, none … ...
In Woody Allen's 1973 movie, "Sleeper," a time traveler watches a tape of Howard Cosell while a 22nd-century historian tries to explain its meaning. "We weren't sure at first what to make of this ...