There you have it : the life, legacy, and legend of Howard Cosell / John Bloom.

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Bloom, John, 1962-

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781613760130
1613760132

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: There you have it.DDC classification:

070.449796092 B 22

LOC classification:

GV742.42.C67 B56 2010

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Contents:

Poor, Jewish, and from Brooklyn -- From the law office to the broadcast booth -- On the network "blacklist" -- Telling it like it was in the civil rights era -- Bigger than the game -- Essential contradictions -- Balancing accounts -- Public trust.

Summary: This is the first full-length biography of the lawyer-turned-sports journalist whose brash style and pungent social commentary changed the way American sporting events are reported. Perhaps best known for his close relationship with the world champion boxer Muhammad Ali, Howard Cosell became a celebrity in his own right during the 1960's and 1970'sùthe bombastic, controversial, instantly recognizable sportscaster everyone "loved to hate." Raised in Brooklyn in a middle-class Jewish family, Cosell carried with him a deeply ingrained sense of social justice. Yet early on he abandoned plans for a legal career to become a pioneer in sports broadcasting, first in radio and then in television. While Cosell took courageous stands on behalf of civil rights and other causes, he could be remarkably blind to the inconsistencies in his own life. In this way, John Bloom argues, he embodied contradictions that still resonate widely in American society today. --Book Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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This is the first full-length biography of the lawyer-turned-sports journalist whose brash style and pungent social commentary changed the way American sporting events are reported. Perhaps best known for his close relationship with the world champion boxer Muhammad Ali, Howard Cosell became a celebrity in his own right during the 1960's and 1970'sùthe bombastic, controversial, instantly recognizable sportscaster everyone "loved to hate." Raised in Brooklyn in a middle-class Jewish family, Cosell carried with him a deeply ingrained sense of social justice. Yet early on he abandoned plans for a legal career to become a pioneer in sports broadcasting, first in radio and then in television. While Cosell took courageous stands on behalf of civil rights and other causes, he could be remarkably blind to the inconsistencies in his own life. In this way, John Bloom argues, he embodied contradictions that still resonate widely in American society today. --Book Jacket.

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