Howard Cosell
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About
Monday Night Football sportscaster who developed a famous on-air friendship with boxer Muhammad Ali. He stopped sportscasting two years before his death. TV Guide named him the All-Time Best Sportscaster in 1993.
Before Fame
He graduated from NYU with an English degree and later went back for law school.
Trivia
He was quoted saying 'Arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a showoff. I have been called all of these. Of course, I am.'
Family Life
He married Mary Edith Abrams in 1944; the couple had two daughters together.
Associated With
His most famous broadcasting moment occurred during a boxing match between Joe Frazier and George Foreman where he said "Down goes Frazier" repeatedly at the end.
