TIL Howard Cosell changed sports announcing by being more critical of athletes where prior sportscasters had been adulatory, and being more intellectual where prior sportscasters had been more purely about giving play-by-play. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howβ¦
TIL that heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali and sportscaster Howard Cosellβs relationship extended well beyond great interviews. Cosell was among the first to call him by his adopted name, and vehemently supported Aliβs refusal to serve via the draft. usatoday.com/story/sportsβ¦
[Hutchinson] Greg Cosell yesterday on @KNBR : βI donβt know what Jamal Adams isβ¦ Adams is really not that good of a player and heβs not an impactful playerβ¦ heβs basically a 5β11β 210-pound weak side linebackerβ¦ you have to play a certain way with him and it hurts your overall defense.β twitter.com/hutchdiesel/sβ¦
TIL that the heavyweight bout between Tex Cobb and Larry Holmes was so brutal that Howard Cosell quit boxing commentary completely. When asked if Cobb was open to a rematch, he responded "I don't think Holmes' hands can take the abuse". boxing247.com/weblog/archβ¦
Interview on The Herd with Colin Cowherd today with Greg Cosell where he talks about the Rams use of empty personnel (0:00-1:36) youtube.com/watch?v=DRgDNβ¦
Eagle Eye In The Sky Podcast | Greg Cosell joins Fran Duffy on the show to do a thorough breakdown of the Eagles win over New Orleans before taking a small peek at the New York Giants. open.spotify.com/episode/β¦
TIL although they had been invented during WWII, nachos wouldn't become well known worldwide until a Monday Night Football game in 1978, when during the Baltimore Colts/Dallas Cowboys games, Howard Cosell kept mentioning them (Texas Stadium happened to be serving them, which helped things) dallasnews.com/news/obituβ¦
[OC] [Highlight] In 1972, Dolphins fans were so upset about the team not being shown enough on the halftime show highlights portion of Monday Night Football that they sent threatening letters into Howard Cosell. This is the story behind one of the craziest controversies in MNF history youtu.be/hJrYg-MOd-U
Eagle Eye In The Sky Podcast | Fran Duffy and Greg Cosell share their thoughts after watching the tape of the Eagles win over the Panthers before turning their attention to Thursday Night Football. open.spotify.com/episode/β¦
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