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5 days ago · Howard Cosell was an American sportscaster who reached the pinnacle of his career as an audacious commentator on television’s Monday Night Football (1970–83) and was simultaneously crowned the nation’s most loved and most hated sports broadcaster.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
5 days ago · Freed from that straitjacket, ABC hired Howard Cosell, the outspoken commentator who would put his unique stamp on the telecast for more than a decade, starting with the inaugural 1970 season. Cosell’s distinctive style by turns delighted and alienated millions of viewers.
- Fred Frommer
4 days ago · Howard Cosell: "Sports is human life in microcosm." Red Smith: "Writing is easy. All you have to do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein." Hunter S. Thompson: "For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled." Al Michaels: "Do you believe in miracles? Yes!"
2 days ago · Standing in a boxing ring with Howard Cosell, the master of ceremonies, Leonard announced his retirement, saying a bout with Hagler would unfortunately never happen. Leonard maintained his eye was fully healed, but that he just didn't want to box anymore.
5 days ago · Howard Cosell – (1918–1995, covered boxing, later denounced the sport; lead announcer on Monday Night Football for most of its existence): ABC (US) 1953–1985; Mike Costello – BBC Radio 5 Live 2005–2021, DAZN 2021-present; Ian Darke – BBC Radio 1981–1992, Sky Sports 1992–2010, 2013, talksport 2014
4 days ago · Actor John Wayne joined Howard Cosell and Les Keiter between rounds of the Floyd Patterson-Ingemar Johansson heavyweight title fight in 1959. Wayne and fellow actor William Holden were promoting the film The Horse Soldiers. In 1959 Cosell had been on the air all of four years but he was hardly a callow announcer. More a tough lawyer.
4 days ago · In attendance were team officials, coaches Tom Landry, Dick Nolan, Weeb Ewbank, Alex Webster, Norm Van Brocklin, Phil Bengtson and Bill Austin, Commissioner Pete Rozelle, past and present members of the Packers, Redskins, and Giants, broadcasters Ray Scott and Howard Cosell, former students from Saints, colleagues and players from ...
