"Howard Cosell: The Man, the Myth ... work that would surely have stifled his individuality. He lost ABC's "Wide World of Sports" job to the far less abrasive Jim McKay, and never got over ...

in the Manhattan studios of ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” to review the videotape of that first match alongside host Howard Cosell. As usual, Ali taunted Frazier cruelly about his looks and ...

That’s what ABC Sports showed me. And the man he was always talking to was Howard Cosell ... s voice and you knew it was time for “Wide World of Sports.” They always had skiing on.

Howard Cosell passed ... and without specialized sports talk radio and Internet, Cosell, at one point or another, was a broadcaster on Monday Night Football, the World Series, scores of ...

In 1974, Muhammad Ali appeared on ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” with Joe Frazier to talk with Howard Cosell about their upcoming heavyweight title rematch. June 4, 2016 “All right.

In Woody Allen's 1973 movie, "Sleeper," a time traveler watches a tape of Howard Cosell while a ... loudmouth who helped create "Wide World of Sports" and "Monday Night Football" on ABC.

In 2007, “Wide World of Sports” was named one of the most ... sparring and friendship forged between Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell). Many “Wide World of Sports” innovations — slow ...

Delicious, cheese-drenched nachos are now inextricably linked to the sports world, providing a crunchy ... in part to legendary broadcaster Howard Cosell. Cosell, a household name for football ...

When ABC Sports guru Roone Arledge was suggesting Howard Cosell for “Monday Night ... There is an overly long discourse on Cosell’s World War II stint in the Army, during which the young ...

But the true-life fight drama (in theaters Friday) also depicts a wide world of sports-related figures from the 1980s — from the late, great announcer Howard Cosell to promoter Don King.

Wide World of Sports has been "spanning the globe" for 39 years to bring "the constant variety of sport." ESPN Classic now lets you experience "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat" all ...

“Wide World of Sports” did not dabble in irony or cynicism ... about the place and about the people.’ Howard Cosell on Jim McKay He did so with sincerity and sensitivity.