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9780393343878

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

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  • ISBN13:

    9780393343878

  • ISBN10:

    0393343871

  • Edition: 00
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-11-26
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Summary

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 of Cosell and his times (Huffington Post).

Author Biography

Mark Ribowsky is the author of seven books, including the New York Times Notable Book Don't Look Back: Satchel Page in the Shadows of Baseball. He lives in Plainview, New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Gifted Onep. 3
Black and White (1918-1964)
"Insecurities in You That Live Forever"p. 23
An Obvious Maverickp. 45
Being Therep. 66
Momentary Moments of Chagrinp. 87
"Let Go of the Mike, Cassius"p. 109
"Bedlam, Chaos, Confusion"p. 130
Living Color (1964-1976)
An Electronic Firstp. 153
A Moral Imperativep. 178
A Stygian Burdenp. 197
"That Son of a Bitch Is Drunk!"p. 222
Listing Toward Babylonp. 240
Munichp. 256
A Big Propertyp. 281
"Down Goes Fray-Zhuh! Down Goes Fray-Zhuh! Down Goes Fray-Zhuh!"p. 301
"Things Began to Turn Sour"p. 322
Turn Out the Lights (1976-1995)
An Unholy Messp. 351
"A Sad Way to End"p. 373
Ebb Tidep. 396
Requiem for a Heavyweightp. 416
Acknowledgmentsp. 437
Notesp. 439
Selected Bibliographyp. 463
Indexp. 467
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