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Howard Cosell
The Man, the Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports
By Ribowsky, Mark
- ISBN
- 978-0-39308-017-9
- Publisher
- Norton
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Reviewed on October 21, 2011
For those of us of a certain age, Howard Cosell was an icon of sports broadcasting. He was loud, pushy, and self-serving. He was also an ardent sports fan, a stalwart force against racism, and unflinching in his quest to "tell it like it is." To those following sports on TV in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, he was unavoidable. He was there for Muhammad Ali's fights (much of the book is about their relati...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
on onOctober 21, 2011 | LJXpress
For those of us of a certain age, Howard Cosell was an icon of sports broadcasting. He was loud, pushy, and self-serving. He was also an ardent sports fan, a stalwart force against racism, and unflinching in his quest to "tell it like it is." To those following sports on TV in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, he was unavoidable. He was there for Muhammad Ali's fights (much of the book is about their relati...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
