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Howard Cosell: The Man, the Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports
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Howard Cosell: The Man, the Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports Hardback - 2011 - 1st Edition

by Mark Ribowsky

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A deeply misunderstood sports legend, once the most hated and loved man in America, Howard Cosell gets his due in this absorbing, revelatory biography.

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Howard Cosell was one of the most recognizable and controversial figures in American sports history. His colorful bombast, fearless reporting, and courageous stance on civil rights soon captured the attention of listeners everywhere. No mere jock turned pretty-boy broadcaster, the Brooklyn-born Cosell began as a lawyer before becoming a radio commentator. 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 Munich. Featuring a sprawling cast of athletes such as Jackie Robinson, Sonny Liston, Don Meredith, and Joe Namath, Howard Cosell also re-creates the behind-the-scenes story of that American institution, Monday Night Football. With more than forty interviews, Mark Ribowsky presents Cosell's life as part of an American panorama, examining racism, anti-Semitism, and alcoholism, among other sensitive themes. Cosell's endless complexities are brilliantly explored in this haunting work that reveals as much about the explosive commercialization of sports as it does about a much-neglected media giant.

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  • Title Howard Cosell: The Man, the Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports
  • Author Mark Ribowsky
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 496
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2011-11
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780393080179 / 039308017X
  • Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.5 in (23.62 x 16.51 x 3.81 cm)
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Sports - United States - History, Sportscasters - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011027501
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Booklist, 10/01/2011, Page 14
  • Kirkus Best Books, 12/01/2011, Page 2207
  • Kirkus Reviews, 10/01/2011, Page 0
  • New York Review of Books, 03/22/2012, Page 14
  • New York Times Book Review, 12/04/2011, Page 54
  • New Yorker (The), 11/28/2011, Page 76
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/19/2011, Page 0
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