How is it possible that 16 years have passed without a definitive biography of sportscaster Howard Cosell? Mark Ribowsky (author of a superb book on Satchel Paige) may have lost something by waiting ...

How could it be that “a human spectacle as unique as Howard Cosell” has already been widely forgotten? said Richard Sandomir in The New York Times. With his “adenoidal Brooklyn voice, polysyllabic ...

Both loved and loathed for his nasal, staccato delivery and polysyllabic self-importance—a TV Guide poll ranked Cosell the nation’s most popular and unpopular sportscaster—Howard Cosell is the braying ...

Howard Cosell always viewed himself as a serious journalist somewhat miscast in the role of television commentator for mere athletic competitions. But on the night of Dec. 8, 1980, he reluctantly was ...

Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Howard Cosell, star of stage and screen and inspiration, but not, contrary to the book jacket's proclamation, author of the best-selling book "Cosell ...

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Al Michaels recently offered a candid, and somewhat somber, reflection on his time working alongside Howard Cosell, asserting that toward the end of his career, Cosell "turned bitter" and became "very ...