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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.
Arledge informed Frank Gifford and Howard Cosell of the shooting and suggested that they report the murder. Cosell, who had interviewed Lennon during a Monday Night Football broadcast in 1974, [51] was chosen to do so but balked at being the one to deliver the news. Gifford convinced Cosell otherwise, saying, "You've got to.
Billy Crystal told a funny story to Stephen Colbert on Monday about guest-hosting “The Tonight Show” back in the 1980s and having to deal with a “looped” and sobbing Howard Cosell. (Watch ...
The first season of Saturday Night Live (then known as NBC's Saturday Night to avoid confusion with the similarly named variety show hosted by Howard Cosell), an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC from October 11, 1975, to July 31, 1976.
What Zweibel considered the No. 1 joke in his legendary “phone book” did make it into the first show, and, as portrayed in “Saturday Night,” was his lone contribution to the historic ...
Before he was selected to seven Pro Bowls, Robert Brazile was given the nickname “Dr. Doom.” It stuck with him throughout his career. But how did it happen?
2004 – His profile of Howard Cosell was selected as one of 50 all-time classic articles by Sports Illustrated [3] 2005 – Became the first pro football announcer elected to the Radio Hall of Fame , [ 3 ] he is the only sportscaster inducted who is not best known as a baseball announcer.
Alex Wallau [64] [65] [66] - He worked primarily on ABC's boxing coverage with announcer Howard Cosell. In 1986, after Cosell's retirement, Wallau became ABC's boxing analyst. He was honored by the Boxing Writers Association of America as the top television boxing journalist in his first year.