Cosell, Howard (b. Howard William Cohen)

(1918– ) sports broadcaster; born in Winston-Salem, N.C. After a brief career as a lawyer, he became a sportscaster for ABC in 1956 and was the boxing announcer throughout Muhammad Ali's career. Famous for his signature remark, "Telling it like it is," his opinionated broadcasts for Monday Night Football won him fans and detractors alike.

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