Very overrated, obnoxious, ugly, rude, crude but still just a very interesting person if you ask me.
The man that you loved to hate or hate to love
Either way you put it, still made Monday Night Football the most watched tv show in it's heyday with Frank Gifford the sex appeal & straight man
Don Meredith was the comic relief
People tried to do Cosell like Dennis Miller and failed
But then again, there can be only one Cosell!moreless
Howard Cosell
Born
3/25/1918, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USADied
4/23/1995Birth Name
Howard William CohenGender
MaleAlso Known As
Howard CosellBiography
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Star (7)
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Monday Night Football
Commentator [1970-ca. 1984]
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S 38:
Ep 7
Week 6: New York Giants at Atlanta Falcons
10/15/07
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S 36:
Ep 1
Week 1: Philadelphia Eagles at Atlanta Falcons
9/12/05
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Ep 16
Week 15: New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins
12/20/04
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Ep 15
Week 14: Kansas City Chiefs at Tennessee Titans
12/13/04
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Ep 14
Week 13: Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks
12/6/04
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S 38:
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Week 6: New York Giants at Atlanta Falcons
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Battle of the Network Stars
Host
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S 11:
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Special #19
12/10/88
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Ep 2
Special #18
5/23/85
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Special #17
12/20/84
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S 8:
Ep 2
Special #16
5/3/84
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S 8:
Ep 1
Special #15
11/3/83
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S 11:
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Special #19
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Casey At The Bat
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MLB World Series
Color Commentator
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S 37:
Ep 5
Game 5 - Baltimore at Philadelphia (1983)
10/16/83
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Game 4 - Baltimore at Philadelphia (1983)
10/15/83
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Game 3 - Baltimore at Philadelphia (1983)
10/14/83
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Game 2 - Philadelphia at Baltimore (1983)
10/12/83
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Game 1 - Philadelphia at Baltimore (1983)
10/11/83
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Game 5 - Baltimore at Philadelphia (1983)
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Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
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Sleeper
Himself1973
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Monday Night Football
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Monday Night Football
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Recurring Role (3)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Guest
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Ep 32
Show #3882
1/20/88
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Show #3784
9/11/86
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Ep 59
Show #3759
12/4/85
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6/26/72
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Ep 60
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4/20/72
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Show #3882
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Battle of the Network Stars
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Wide World of Sports
Reporter
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Lost Treasures
Himself [1973 footage]
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Network Stars of the 70's
12/29/00
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Network Stars of the 70's
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Lost Treasures
Himself [1969 footage]
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The End of an Era
1/11/00
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The End of an Era
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Late Night With David Letterman
Guest
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Ep 138
Show #0956
12/15/87
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Ep 66
Show #0784 (861103)
11/3/86
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Ep 15
Show #0673
2/25/86
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Ep 128
Show #0128
10/13/82
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Ep 138
Show #0956
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Tall Tales and Legends
Announcer
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Ep 3
Casey at Bat
1/20/86
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Casey at Bat
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Tall Tales and Legends
announcer
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Saturday Night Live
Himself
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Ep 18
Howard Cosell/Greg Kihn
4/13/85
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Howard Cosell/Greg Kihn
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Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
Himself
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Mr. T
3/14/84
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Ep 3
Jack Klugman
3/17/78
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Gabe Kaplan
2/21/77
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Danny Thomas
12/15/76
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Muhammad Ali
2/19/76
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Mr. T
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The Bob Hope Show
Himself
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S 33:
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Happy Birthday, Bob!
5/23/83
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Ep 3
Bob Hope's Stand Up and Cheer For the National Football League's 60th Year
11/22/81
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Ep 1
Bob Hope's Salute to the 75th Anniversary of the World Series
10/15/78
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Ep 7
Happy Birthday, Bob!
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The Fall Guy
Announcer
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Ep 10
Win One for the Gipper???
1/5/83
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Ep 10
Win One for the Gipper???
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The Primetime Emmy Awards
Himself
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Ep 1
The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
9/13/81
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The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
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The Mike Douglas Show
Himself
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Ep 9
September 11, 1975
9/11/75
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Ep 28
October 9, 1974
10/9/74
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Ep 244
August 29, 1974
8/29/74
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September 18, 1973
9/18/73
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Ep 6
Week of September 3, 1973
9/3/73
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Ep 9
September 11, 1975
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Dinah!
Himself
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Ep 55
January 16, 1975
1/16/75
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Ep 55
January 16, 1975
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The Odd Couple
Himself
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Ep 15
Your Mother Wears Army Boots
1/16/75
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Big Mouth
9/22/72
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Your Mother Wears Army Boots
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The Merv Griffin Show
Himself
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Ep 78
January 2, 1975
1/2/75
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Ep 231
August 31, 1973
8/31/73
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Ep 50
November 27, 1972
11/27/72
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Ep 78
January 2, 1975
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The Dean Martin Show
Himself
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S 9:
Ep 8
Johnny Carson (Celebrity Roast)
11/2/73
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Ep 6
Bette Davis (Celebrity Roast)
10/19/73
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Ep 2
Loretta Lynn / Audrew Meadows / Joey Bishop / Howard Cosell / Tom T. Hall
9/21/73
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Ep 8
Johnny Carson (Celebrity Roast)
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The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
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Ep 1
Show 44 - Season Premiere with Chuck Connors
9/12/73
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Ep 1
Show 44 - Season Premiere with Chuck Connors
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Cameo Appearance
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Ep 14
Episode #130
12/18/72
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Ep 14
Episode #130
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The Dick Cavett Show
Himself
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Ep 211
August 7, 1972
8/7/72
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Ep 192
June 23, 1971
6/23/71
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Ep 187
June 16, 1971
6/16/71
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Ep 114
March 4, 1971
3/4/71
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Ep 211
August 7, 1972
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The Mike Douglas Show
Himself/Guest host
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Ep 199
June 1, 1972
6/1/72
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Ep 199
June 1, 1972
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The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters
Himself
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Ep 18
January 11, 1973
1/11/72
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January 11, 1973
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The Partridge Family
Himself
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Ep 6
Whatever Happened to Moby Dick?
10/22/71
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Ep 6
Whatever Happened to Moby Dick?
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The David Frost Show
Himself
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Ep 16
October 11, 1971
10/11/71
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Ep 201
July 13, 1971
7/13/71
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Ep 182
June 16, 1971
6/16/71
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Ep 111
March 4, 1971
3/4/71
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Ep 16
October 11, 1971
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Nanny and the Professor
Miles Taylor
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Ep 3
Sunday's Hero
9/27/71
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Ep 3
Sunday's Hero
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The David Frost Show
Himself - Substitute Host
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Ep 243
September 10, 1971
9/10/71
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Ep 243
September 10, 1971
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The Dick Cavett Show
Himself - Guest Host
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Ep 243
September 6, 1971
9/6/71
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Ep 243
September 6, 1971
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The Joe Namath Show
Himself
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Ep 7
Jerry Kramer and Howard Cosell
11/17/69
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Jerry Kramer and Howard Cosell
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Lost Treasures
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He was voted as both the most hated sportscaster of all time, and the most loved sportscaster of all time.
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He was cremated and buried with his wife Emmy.
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He retired from ringside broadcasting at boxing games in 1982.
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He is in the video game Crash Tag Team Racing.
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He is portrayed by Jon Voight in the movie Ali in 2001.
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He was a teacher at Yale Law School.
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He was openly against the hiring of ex-athletes for sportscasting roles solely based on their playing fame.
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He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.
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Jackie Robinson was his hero.
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He is survived by two daughters and five grandchildren.
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His nickname is Humble.
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He was the 1995 recipient of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.
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He went into the United States Army in 1941.
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He graduated with a bachelor's degree in English from New York University.
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He was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame in 1993.
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He was the first person to publicly announce the death of John Lennon.
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He was a lawyer before becoming a sports announcer.
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He was married to Mary Edith Abrams.
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He was 6'1" tall.
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Cosell: What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right.
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Cosell: Then there is a still higher type of courage - the courage to brave pain, to live with it, to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life; to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead.
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Cosell: The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.
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Cosell: The importance that our society attaches to sport is incredible. After all, is football a game or a religion? The people of this country have allowed sports to get completely out of hand.
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Cosell: Sports is the toy department of human life.
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Cosell: Sports is human life in microcosm.
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Cosell: Mommy, why does daddy cuss the TV and call it Howard?
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Cosell: Ladies and Gentleman, the Bronx is burning.
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Cossell: I was right to back Muhammad Ali, but it caused me major enmity in many areas of this nation.
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Cosell: After all, is football a game or a religion?
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