TY - BOOK AB - A deeply misunderstood sports legend, once the most hated and loved man in America, gets his due in this absorbing, revelatory biography. AB - Cosell was one of the most outrageous figures in American sports history. Ribowsky recreates the most famous sports events of the 1960s and 1970s as he explores the explosive commercialization of sports-- and sheds light on the life a deeply misunderstood sports legend, at once the most hated and loved man in America. AU - Ribowsky, Mark. CN - GV742.42.C67 CN - GV742.42.C67 CY - New York : DA - c2012. ET - 1st ed. ID - 434047 KW - Sportscasters KW - Sports N2 - A deeply misunderstood sports legend, once the most hated and loved man in America, gets his due in this absorbing, revelatory biography. N2 - Cosell was one of the most outrageous figures in American sports history. Ribowsky recreates the most famous sports events of the 1960s and 1970s as he explores the explosive commercialization of sports-- and sheds light on the life a deeply misunderstood sports legend, at once the most hated and loved man in America. PB - W.W. Norton & Co., PP - New York : PY - c2012. SN - 9780393080179 SN - 039308017X T1 - Howard Cosell :the man, the myth, and the transformation of American sports / TI - Howard Cosell :the man, the myth, and the transformation of American sports / ER -