Description: Add this authentic Howard Cosell autograph to your collection today! This is a signed 3x5 Index Card - AM47248 Beautiful and in perfect condition - item was sent to PSA DNA and is 100% authentic! Howard William Cosell was an American sports journalist, broadcaster and author. Cosell became prominent and influential during his tenure with ABC Sports from 1953 until 1985. Cosell was widely known for his blustery, confident personality. Cosell said of himself, "I've been called arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a showoff. And, of course, I am." Cosell rose to prominence in the early 1960s, covering boxer Muhammad Ali, beginning from the time he fought under his birth name, Cassius Clay. The two seemed to have an affinity despite their different personalities and complemented each other in broadcasts. Cosell was one of the first sportscasters to refer to the boxer as Muhammad Ali after he changed his name... In a time when many sports broadcasters avoided touching social, racial, or other controversial issues, and kept a certain level of collegiality towards the sports figures they commented on, Cosell did not, and indeed built a reputation around his catchphrase, "I'm just telling it like it is." Cosell's style of reporting transformed sports broadcasting in the United States. Whereas previous sportscasters had mostly been known for color commentary and lively play-by-play, Cosell had an intellectual approach. His use of analysis and context brought television sports reporting closer to "hard" news reporting. However, his distinctive staccato voice, accent, syntax, and cadence were a form of color commentary all their own. In 1970, ABC executive producer for sports Roone Arledge hired Cosell to be a commentator for Monday Night Football, the first time in 15 years that American Football was broadcast weekly in prime time. Cosell was openly contemptuous of ex-athletes appointed to prominent sportscasting roles solely on account of their playing fame. He regularly clashed on-air with Meredith, whose laid-back style was in sharp contrast to Cosell's more critical approach to the games. The Cosell-Meredith-Gifford dynamic helped make Monday Night Football a success; it frequently was the number one rated program in the Nielson Ratings. The inimitable style of the group (mostly with Cosell, both loved and hated by the public) distinguished Monday Night Football as a distinct spectacle and ushered in an era of more colorful broadcasters and 24/7 TV sports coverage. Career Highlights: International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame: 1993Television Hall of Fame: 1994Arthur Ashe Courage Award: 1995 Thank you for your interest in our products! All of our items are in mint condition unless otherwise stated in the description. We will combine shipping on multiple items, please wait for an invoice.
Price: 124.95 USD
Location: Castaic, California
End Time: 2025-01-31T00:45:21.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Signed by: Howard Cosell
Signed: Yes
Autograph Authentication: Professional Sports (PSA/DNA)
Object Type: Index Card
Original/Reproduction: Original
