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Howard William Cosell (/ k oʊ ˈ s ɛ l /; né Cohen; March 25, 1918 – April 23, 1995) was an American sports journalist, broadcaster and author. Cosell became prominent and influential during his tenure with ABC Sports from 1953 until 1985.
Jul 1, 2024 · 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.
Howard Cosell was one of the most controversial sports broadcast personalities in American media but his provocative style and refusal to conform redefined the role of the sports commentator and forever changed the relationship between professional sports leagues and broadcasters.
May 29, 2018 · American sportscaster. S portscasting had never before known the likes of Howard Cosell, nor is it likely to see another like him again. He became an enormous figure despite the fact that he was verbose, egotistical, decidedly untelegenic, outspoken about controversial issues, and oblivious to the feelings of others.
Apr 24, 1995 · Howard Cosell, who delighted and infuriated listeners during a 30-year career as the nation's best-known and most outspoken sports broadcaster, died yesterday at the Hospital for Joint Diseases...
Jun 4, 2016 · They were a 1960s power couple, two hypertalkative showmen: Muhammad Ali, the African-American boxer born with a slave name, and Howard Cosell, the Jewish Brooklyn lawyer who found his calling...
Apr 24, 1995 · Howard Cosell, one of the most controversial broadcasters in the history of sports television, died Sunday of a heart embolism at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York.
Dec 2, 2011 · In “Howard Cosell: The Man, the Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports,” Mark Ribowsky, the author of several books on both sports and entertainment, skillfully resuscitates a man who...
In his first autobiography, Cosell, he writes that he was born on March 25, 1920.¹ Other biographical references, however, list the year of his birth as 1918.² A U.S. Census record taken in January 1920 only slightly clarifies the matter. Listed beneath Isadore M. and Nellie Cohen are sons Hilton and Howard.
Cosell, one of the first sports broadcasters to call Clay by his new name, Muhammad Ali, was a staunch supporter of Ali when he refused to be inducted into the Army during the Vietnam War. The pair would forever be linked and their interviews on ABC’s Wide World of Sports are legendary.
