Howard Cosell @ David Letterman, 1985, Part 2 of 2
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Is he still dead?
If he isn't, please don't tell me.
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If he saw all the dumb washed up late 80s/early 90s guys on MLB/NFL networks he'd roll over in his grave.
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@YourFaceWillDie468 You have to wonder how many of those that voted actually grew up or were alive and watching Howard announcing on Monday nights. Those that did and still voted him #8 worst voice...May the football gods piss in their cereal every Tuesday morning.
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According to an Internet poll where people voted on their favorite and least favorite voices, Howard Cosell got #8 on the Worst Voices List whereas Dick Vitale got #9. Where's the sense in that?
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Do we have people like howard Cosell anymore? No, the dame way the Sports has no Muhammad alis and Actings and performances has no Frank Sinatras anymore. Our Communities are really in decline. It is sad , so sad to whitness this
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that guy had class
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I remember well Howard Cosell & his musings upon the game of football & upon life in general...When I was a youth, I remember "Dandy" Don Meredith withering Cosell with a well-timed "Awwww, Howard..." I have read "Cosell" & I Never Played The Game" and I regard Howard as a legend in the field! Not bad for a former lawyer!
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I'm in between those on here who hate Cosell and those who are ready to carry him around like a rajah in old India. Howard was intelligent, informed, and interesting. He was also (at times) frustratingly arrogant, wrong his share of times, and usually unable to admit his fallibility. But on balance, I'll take it! Give me that mix over bland every time. We'll never see anything like the original Monday Night Football broadcast team again. Those were the days.
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The best. Period.
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Howard is the greatest. Hail to Howard.
Thank you for posting this. Perhaps more years need to pass before we recognize how bold and brilliant Howard Cosell was. There is no one like him in sports today. His opposition to "jockocracy" in the 1970's was was a a mere cautionary tale at the time. The commentators back then were articulate and cerebral compared to the mush mouthed, idiotic athletes that are on the air today. I wish there was more footage of Howard on YouTube, both as a sports commentator and as an interviewee.
protectedparody 3 years ago 22
Love Him or hate him he was hands down one of the Best if not THE best. When you think about the landscape today with people like Shannon Sharpe, who was a great football player but got to be one of the worse Broadcasters, I mean the brother can even talk, he talks like Mushmouth from Fat Albert, then you really miss someone like Howard Cosell.
BirthofCharlie 2 years ago 8