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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 ...
On the anniversary of John Lennon's death on Dec. 8, 1980, a look back at how the musical icon and one-of-a-kind broadcaster crossed paths.
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.
WASHINGTON -- Long before Gov. Chris Christie began telling it like it is, that same slogan was used to describe legendary ABC sportscaster Howard Cosell.
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 … ...
ABC Sports on-air talent wasn’t top of mind in making this big-screen drama about the 1972 Munich Olympics. That was especially true of Cosell.
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, … ...
The Issue: How sports commentator Howard Cosell should be portrayed in history and remembered. *** John Podhoretz’s column on Howard Cosell fails to mention a very important fact — the anguish ...
Howard Cosell, who died yesterday at 77, was at his core a shameless self-promoter, full of bombast, self-importance and self-righteousness, the kinds of qualities that routinely made him America&#… ...
"Howard Cosell: The Man, the Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports" is an exhilarating look back at a man and a time that are inextricably entwined with each other.
1983: Howard Cosell had supported Black athletes throughout his career, but the Monday Night Football icon always had critics waiting to pounce.