Uploaded November 2011 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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"Howard Cosell was Monday Night Football. Without Howard Cosell, there was no Monday Night Football." - ABC Monday Night Football, Director Chet Forte

Whether revered or reviled, remembered as a hero or villain, "Cosell was just as good at creating an audience as he was at alienating it, and that was just what sports needed."