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Howard William Cosell March 25, 1918 - April 23, 1995 AKA "Humble" Howard Cosell was a Jew Real American who brought Truthiness to sports broadcasting. He is was the world's most obnoxius TV personality until the 21st century brought us Asshole Shows and real assholes like Simon Cowell.

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  • Howard Cosell var en manlig Tau'ri och han var en sport journalist. Löjtnant Joseph Gallegos imiterade honom när hans team blev fångade av Systemherre Morrigans Jaffa. (SG1: "Tightrope")
  • Howard William Cosell March 25, 1918 - April 23, 1995 AKA "Humble" Howard Cosell was a Jew Real American who brought Truthiness to sports broadcasting. He is was the world's most obnoxius TV personality until the 21st century brought us Asshole Shows and real assholes like Simon Cowell.
  • Howard William Cosell (born Howard William Cohen, March 25, 1918–April 23, 1995) was an American sports journalist, most active with ABC Sports in the 1970s. Cosell was known for his blustery, cocksure personality. In 1993, TV Guide named Cosell the All-Time Best Sportscaster in its issue celebrating 40 years of television. In 1996, the same magazine ranked him #47 on its list of the 50 greatest TV stars of all time.
  • Howard Cosell (1918–1995) was an American sports journalist. Beginning his career with ABC radio, Cosell rose to fame covering boxer Muhammad Ali while he was still fighting under the name Cassius Clay, and was one of the first to accept addressing the boxer under his new Islamic name, Muhammed Ali. The duo formed a life long friendship that continued until Cosell's death.
  • Howard William Cosell (/koʊˈsɛl/; born Howard William Cohen; March 25, 1918 – April 23, 1995) was an American sports journalist who was widely known for his blustery, cocksure personality. Cosell said of himself, "Arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a showoff. I have been called all of these. Of course, I am." In its obituary for Cosell, The New York Times described Cosell's impact on American sports coverage: "He entered sports broadcasting in the mid-1950s, when the predominant style was unabashed adulation, [and] offered a brassy counterpoint that was first ridiculed, then copied until it became the dominant note of sports broadcasting."
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  • Mary Edith Abrams "Emmy" Cosell
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  • Howard Cosell, 1975.
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  • Jill Cosell, Hilary Cosell
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  • Journalist, author, radio personality, columnist, sports commentator, lawyer, television personality
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  • Howard Cosell (1918–1995) was an American sports journalist. Beginning his career with ABC radio, Cosell rose to fame covering boxer Muhammad Ali while he was still fighting under the name Cassius Clay, and was one of the first to accept addressing the boxer under his new Islamic name, Muhammed Ali. The duo formed a life long friendship that continued until Cosell's death. Cosell went on to become a staple of ABC Sports, covering the Olympic Games in 1972, 1976, and 1984. While covering the 1977 World Series of Baseball in Yankee Stadium, Cosell uttered the oft-repeated quote "The Bronx is Burning" in response to a five alarm fire in the neighboring borough, and it was Cosell who announced for ABC News that John Lennon had died during a 1980 Football game. Further boosting his fame, Cosell hosted ABC's rival to Saturday Night Live (which was then known as NBC's Saturday Night) in 1975 with Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell, a variety show broadcast live from the Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York City and featuring a young Billy Crystal. The shows Battle of the Network Stars and Wide World of Sports also cemented Cosell's fame in the world of entertainment and . Trained as a lawyer and not an actor, Cosell did foray into the realm of acting on occassion, appearing in Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends episode of Casey at the Bat, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, and hosting Saturday Night Live in 1985.
  • Howard Cosell var en manlig Tau'ri och han var en sport journalist. Löjtnant Joseph Gallegos imiterade honom när hans team blev fångade av Systemherre Morrigans Jaffa. (SG1: "Tightrope")
  • Howard William Cosell March 25, 1918 - April 23, 1995 AKA "Humble" Howard Cosell was a Jew Real American who brought Truthiness to sports broadcasting. He is was the world's most obnoxius TV personality until the 21st century brought us Asshole Shows and real assholes like Simon Cowell.
  • Howard William Cosell (/koʊˈsɛl/; born Howard William Cohen; March 25, 1918 – April 23, 1995) was an American sports journalist who was widely known for his blustery, cocksure personality. Cosell said of himself, "Arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a showoff. I have been called all of these. Of course, I am." In its obituary for Cosell, The New York Times described Cosell's impact on American sports coverage: "He entered sports broadcasting in the mid-1950s, when the predominant style was unabashed adulation, [and] offered a brassy counterpoint that was first ridiculed, then copied until it became the dominant note of sports broadcasting." In 1993, TV Guide named Howard Cosell The All-Time Best Sportscaster in its issue Celebrating 40 years of television. In 1996, Howard Cosell was ranked #47 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.
  • Howard William Cosell (born Howard William Cohen, March 25, 1918–April 23, 1995) was an American sports journalist, most active with ABC Sports in the 1970s. Cosell was known for his blustery, cocksure personality. In 1993, TV Guide named Cosell the All-Time Best Sportscaster in its issue celebrating 40 years of television. In 1996, the same magazine ranked him #47 on its list of the 50 greatest TV stars of all time.
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