Howard Cosell The Man the Myth and the Transformation of American Sports

Name: Howard Cosell The Man the Myth and the Transformation of American Sports
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ISBN: 9780393343878

ISBN-10: 0393343871

ISBN-13: 9780393343878

Edition: N/A

Authors: Mark Ribowsky

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Howard Cosell’s colorful bombast, fearless reporting, and courageous stance on civil rights made him one of the most recognizable and controversial figures in American sports history. Telling it like it is, he covered nearly every major sports story for three decades, from the travails of Muhammad Ali to the tragedy at the Munich Olympics. Now, two decades after his death, this deeply misunderstood sports legend has finally gotten the definitive (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) and revelatory biography he so much deserves. With more than forty interviews, Mark Ribowsky has brilliantly presented Cosell’s endless complexities in the first thoroughly researched and effectively framed biography…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/26/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.52" wide x 8.26" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Introduction: A Gifted One



Black and White (1918-1964)



"Insecurities in You That Live Forever"



An Obvious Maverick



Being There



Momentary Moments of Chagrin



"Let Go of the Mike, Cassius"



"Bedlam, Chaos, Confusion"



Living Color (1964-1976)



An Electronic First



A Moral Imperative



A Stygian Burden



"That Son of a Bitch Is Drunk!"



Listing Toward Babylon



Munich



A Big Property



"Down Goes Fray-Zhuh! Down Goes Fray-Zhuh! Down Goes Fray-Zhuh!"



"Things Began to Turn Sour"



Turn Out the Lights (1976-1995)



An Unholy Mess



"A Sad Way to End"



Ebb Tide



Requiem for a Heavyweight


Acknowledgments


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index