The most famous television sportscaster of the 1970s was Howard Cosell, a nasal-toned, staccato blast of magniloquent pomposity who became the face and voice of ABC’s biggest prime-time shows, like ...

NEW YORK -- As a young boy, Colin Cosell would climb into Poppa's lap and listen to that famed voice, the nasal, New York tone booming to sports fans all over the country. The sound of Howard Cosell ...

Billy Crystal told a funny story to Stephen Colbert on Monday about guest-hosting “The Tonight Show” back in the 1980s and having to deal with a “looped” and sobbing Howard Cosell. (Watch the video ...

From Rich Gannon to Eric Allen, some recent Raiders greats share their favorite “Monday Night Football” memories ahead of the ...

Howard Cosell was on the call for many of the biggest boxing matches of all time, including many of Muhammad Ali’s signature moments. To many, Cosell is the greatest combat sports announcer ever. But ...

Don Meredith, 72, a Texas-born quarterback who after nine seasons with the Dallas Cowboys became the boot-wearing, country-crooning foil to Howard Cosell as a color commentator on the original cast of ...

Shannon Sharpe is as versatile as they come in sports media. The Hall of Fame tight end can get in the ring with Skip Bayless, talk hygiene with Chad Johnson, turn up the performance with Stephen A.

I served as Jim Murray’s eyes during a Kentucky Derby post parade after the Hall of Fame sports columnist became virtually blind. I turned down a rose from Spectacular Bid’s winning garland in 1979. I ...

In the early 1970s, during the time captured by the TNT movie, Monday Night Mayhem, I was a guest for three months in Howard Cosell's New York apartment. Except for his two daughters, I don't think ...

When Cosell speaks, people listen. No, I am not talking about Howard Cosell, though I do remember watching a multitude of sporting events hosted by Howard Cosell of ABC Sports in the 1970s. Many are ...