Howard Cosell

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A man known as Howard Cosell. With Frank Grifford and Don Meredith. These was the host of MNF. Long before these modern moderator, analysts, Cosell use to say”If you need 2o yards why throw for five. You might as well throw for 2o.” He just couldn’t fathom the logic behind that thinking. And in this society of coaches and players. You see the same stupidity. Here was a man. Said my some to be the first to call Cassius Clay by Muhammad Ali. When others was calling his by his birth name. Who gave up calling boxing cause of the brutality of the sport? Least this was allegde. I can remember him  and Muhammad Ali along with Mighty Joe Frazier, on Wide World Of Sport.

When the two boxers got to wrestling over comments that the greatest said. Remember this was live television. We see it every now and then. But these was the day. When sport athletes wasn’t looking to get in trouble. Cosell and his crew with their ABC sport coats on lighten monday night sports football with laugther. humor and singing. If we call Meredith saying “TURN OUT THE LIGHTS THE PARTY OVER.” And this was free. No ordering cable to get it. Just switching on the on button and channell.

If consider controversy at all. It’s has something to do with his lawyer background. And most you meet are opinionated on most subject. But he was a man to be respected. The monday night man of sports.