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1 day ago · Howard Cosell, the dominant sports voice of that era, who was one of the announcers, supposedly said, “Ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning!” Somehow, the sentence entered the language ...
3 days ago · Many Americans vehemently condemned Ali’s stand, though one of Ali’s earliest defenders was famed sports broadcaster Howard Cosell, who had covered and praised the fighter since the beginning of his career as Cassius Clay.
5 days ago · Howard Cosell: 1994: Steve Palermo: 1993: Jim Valvano: Jim Valvano ESPY Awards speech. The inaugural ESPY Awards were held on March 4, 1993, just weeks after Ashe's death. Former college ...
5 days ago · Before Williams kicks off this year's ESPYS show, here's a look back at the previous winners of some of the biggest awards.
3 days ago · This was a Mexican household. And, like many good Mexican households, they were not unfamiliar with the sport of boxing, with fights playing on ABC’s Wide World of Sports when available. This included, most recently, the January fight between Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden, with the inimitable commentating of Howard Cosell.
4 days ago · Other years, it would be typical for local sports writers from the Newark paper to maybe come and report, or maybe not. But the two years Dr. Richards competed, Frank DeFord of Sports Illustrated was there, Howard Cosell (of Howard Cosell) was there, CBS Sports was there. It was huge!
2 days ago · Howard Cosell – (1918–1995, covered boxing, later denounced the sport; lead announcer on Monday Night Football for most of its existence): ABC (US) 1953–1985; Mike Costello – BBC Radio 5 Live 2005–2021, DAZN 2021-present; Ian Darke – BBC Radio 1981–1992, Sky Sports 1992–2010, 2013, talksport 2014
