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Cosell by Howard Cosell. Playboy Press. 390 Daaes.
Howard Cosell is probably the best-known sports
broadcaster in the United States. Millions are acquainted
with him from his Monday night football commentary on
ABC-TV and from his famous interviews with Vince
Lombardi, Jackie Robinson an of course, Muhammed Ali.
Cosell 's autobiography begins at the 1972 Olympics in
Munich telling of the Arab commando raid on the Israeli
athletes. Cosell gives his personal opinions and reactions,
not only about the murder of the Israelis in the raid, but
also about the purposes and functions of the games
themselves.
Cosell then retreats to the 1968 Olympics in Mexico
City and contrasts them with the 1972 games. After
devoting some attention to Jackie Robinson and Vince
Lombardi, Cosell finally returns to his childhood and begins
his story, a Jewish boy growing up in Brooklyn.
He tells of his father's sacrifices to send him to law
school; and then of the successful law practice he forsook
for broadcasting.
Cosell writes of the people who helped him in earlier
years and of those who didn't. He describes his constant
fear of being fired and his struggle "up the corporate wall."
Finally, Cosell comments on the past few years. He fills
the pages with stories about himself and the people around
him.
Cosell writes the way he conducts his interviews tougn
and to the point. He says who he likes and dislikes, and
why. Cosell's acid wit spares none, including himself.
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Using his background in law, he explores issues such as
Muhammed Ali's bout with the draft and Curt Flood's
unsuccessful struggle against baseball's reserve clause (a
clause that binds a player to his team forever unless he's
traded or released).
Cosell's support of these men and his criticisms of the
sports establishment aren't mud-slinging. He offers
constructive suggestions about how to change things.
'Cosell emerges from this book as a man of honesty and
integrity, and most of all, as a man dedicated to his family.
Cosell says his family is "what my life has been all about..."
This book is one of the best written by a sports figuie.
Whether one is a sports enthusiast or not, there is much in
this book that readers will like.
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