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BIRTHDAY

March 25, 1918

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

DIED

April 23, 1995

RECENT CREDITS

When We Were Kings (FILM) Oct. 25, 1996

Johnny Be Good (FILM) Mar. 25, 1988

Broadway Danny Rose (FILM) Jan. 1, 1984

Two-Minute Warning (FILM) Nov. 1, 1976

Bananas (FILM) Jan. 1, 1971

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BIOGRAPHY

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Pioneer in sports journalism on radio and television who gave up a law career to enter broadcasting in 1953 with ABC Radio. Cosell became a media figure as the irascible commentator with his distinctive emphatic speech pattern on "Monday Night Football" for 14 years (1970-84) and "Monday Night Baseball" and televised fights for a total of forty years. He has guested as himself in sitcoms, series and in several made-for-TV movies and also played himself in three Woody Allen movies, "Bananas" (1971), "Sleeper" (1973) and "Broadway Danny Rose" (1984) among others. During the Vietnam War Cosell won a measure of notoriety by championing Muhammad Ali's right to become a conscientious objector. Cosell quit sports broadcasting when he felt that "Pro football has become a stagnant bore" and claimed that "I am tired of the hypocrisy and sleaziness of the boxing scene."

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Headlines

Miller: Lotsa Yardage, Few Fumbles

Sep. 5, 2000

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 5, 2000 -- He's been tinkering with his gameplan for the past several weeks, but the skepticism surrounding comedian Dennis Miller's schtick in the "Monday Night Football" broadcast booth might begin to fade now. After three so-so preseason games, Miller made his regular-season "MNF" debut Monday night, and today many TV critics are taking a different view of ...

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