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Howard Cosell : the man, the myth, and the transformation of American sports
Title:
Howard Cosell : the man, the myth, and the transformation of American sports
ISBN:
9780393080179
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2012.
Physical Description:
xii, 477 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Introduction: A gifted one -- Black and white (1918-1964) -- Living color (1964-1976) -- Turn out the lights (1976-1995).
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Summary:
A deeply misunderstood sports legend, once the most hated and loved man in America, gets his due in this absorbing, revelatory biography.

Cosell was one of the most outrageous figures in American sports history. Ribowsky recreates the most famous sports events of the 1960s and 1970s as he explores the explosive commercialization of sports-- and sheds light on the life of a deeply misunderstood sports legend, at once the most hated and loved man in America.
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