... could hype it up like no one else. I used to watch MNF just for that. I myself was a fan of Cosell. Whether anybody likes it or not, Monday Night Football just wouldn't have been what it was without him. And he never took himself too seriously (or he never saw a paycheck he didn't like, you decide) ...

All World wrote: We don't get ESPN and as far as Monday Night Football they're all on the radio so that suits us fine. We do miss the college games though. I don't really get the idea of having a "funny" guy on a football telecast. It didn't work with Dennis Miller and it's not working with this guy either. Kornheiser is supposed to be funny?

We don't get ESPN and as far as Monday Night Football they're all on the radio so that suits us fine. We do miss the college games though. I don't really get the idea of having a "funny" guy on a football telecast. It didn't work with Dennis Miller and it's not working with this guy either.

... it for me. I always watched in spite of him, not because of him. The halftime highlights probably seemed cooler then because we didn't already see them on ESPN, or NFL Network before watching the Monday Night game. Savage Lizard

...loved listening to Howard "tell it like it is" whether the subject was football, boxing, baseball or social commentary. His was the voice that first informed... fight. He went on and on about how the fight was a travesty, that he would never do another fight, blah, blah, blah. When ... something to the effect of "I'll fight Larry again if he'll stop doing football." Savage Lizard

... pro-civil rights & having numerous black athletes & celebrities, including his friend Muhammad Ali, come to his defense. I loved listening to Howard "tell it like it is" whether the subject was football, boxing, baseball or social commentary. His was the voice that first informed America that John Lennon had been murdered. He also came to the defense of Ali when he refused to go to war,...

.... He could hype it up like no one else. I used to watch MNF just for that. And most people don't realize he winged those comments. True story (told by Bob Costas): Howard was out one night with friends in a taxi, and as they pulled up to a corner, two guys were squaring off. Before anyone could say or do anything, Howard was out of the cab. He walked up to the guys gathered around...

At least he didn't say "He must have some Jew in him." Do Jews make good wide receivers? Never mind.

swillabrew@gmail.com wrote: I watched just in case Cosell would say something stupid, like calling a black Redskin receiver "a little monkey. Quite possibly the biggest mountain to ever be constructed from a mole hill. It has been verifed, on tape, that Cosell often referred to small, quick athletes as "little monkeys" regardless of their race. After the incident, video ...

On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:21:04 -0800, UCLAN <nomail@thanks.org> wrote: badlands420 wrote: I watched just in case Cosell would say something stupid, like calling a black Redskin receiver "a little monkey." At least he didn't say "He must have some Jew in him." Do Jews make good wide receivers? Only the fast ones...... cause hands aren't as important. ;-)