Howard William Cosell, born Howard William Cohen was an American sports journalist on American television. His abrasive personality and tendency to speak his mind, often in erudite terms unusual for a sportscaster, made him, according to one poll, both the most-liked and most-hated television reporter in the country. Wikipedia
Howard Cosell, who was one of the first network television sports announcers to, in his own words, "tell it like it is," died yesterday morning at New York University's Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York City. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/memories/19...
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