Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The most famous television sportscaster of the 1970s was Howard Cosell, a nasal-toned, staccato blast of magniloquent pomposity ...

PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. (2010) — The voice, abruptly unleashed from an audio vault, ascends in rising tides of dissonance. It is unrelenting in purpose and fervor. It is, of course, Howard Cosell.

A chance encounter between ABC football announcer Frank Gifford and John Lennon led to one of the most interesting moments in sports television history 50 years ago this Monday, when the former Beatle ...

The 5-year-old boy would put on his famous grandfather’s headphones and sit on his lap and ultimately watch the man he called “Poppa” record his national radio spot for ABC, “Speaking of Sports,” ...

The most famous television sportscaster of the 1970s was Howard Cosell, a nasal-toned, staccato blast of magniloquent pomposity who became the face and voice of ABC’s biggest prime-time shows, like ...