It was an indelible TV moment, much like Walter Cronkite’s trembly announcement in 1963 that President John F. Kennedy had ...
The man who shot and killed Lennon, Mark David Chapman, now 70, is serving a sentence of 20 years to life in a ...
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 video ...
The most famous television sportscaster of the 1970s was Howard Cosell, a nasal-toned, staccato blast of magniloquent pomposity who became the face and voice of ABC’s biggest prime-time shows, like ...
“Don’t (Co)sell the Dolphins short,” a king-sized banner pleaded in the Orange Bowl. “Frank-ly, they’re Dandy.” And Cosell (Howard) and Frank (Gifford) and Dandy (Don Meredith) didn’t as the nation ...
NEW YORK -- As a young boy, Colin Cosell would climb into Poppa's lap and listen to that famed voice, the nasal, New York tone booming to sports fans all over the country. The sound of Howard Cosell ...
The 5-year-old boy would put on his famous grandfather’s headphones and sit on his lap and ultimately watch the man he called “Poppa” record his national radio spot for ABC, “Speaking of Sports,” ...
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 ...
Howard Cosell was on the call for many of the biggest boxing matches of all time, including many of Muhammad Ali’s signature moments. To many, Cosell is the greatest combat sports announcer ever. But ...
In 1986, Yuji Okumoto entered the pantheon of Miyagi-verse villains with his role as Chozen "You keep for your collection" Toguchi — wearer of multiple gold chains, tormenter of Ralph Macchio's Daniel ...
Shannon Sharpe is as versatile as they come in sports media. The Hall of Fame tight end can get in the ring with Skip Bayless, talk hygiene with Chad Johnson, turn up the performance with Stephen A.