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Howard Cosell: He Still Is the One Telling It Like It Is

     For the past generation, Cosell has shadowed, sometimes overshadowed, the American sports scene for ABC. As a broadcast journalist, he has had no equal in sports. While most easily linked to Muhammad Ali, boxing and “Monday Night Football,” Cosell’s indelible mark on the sports landscape has been established by his singular pursuit of …

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Anthologies: Spinning the Globe, Seeking Change

     Sports anthology shows are the networks curious collection of Olympic-style events, bizarre competitions and junkyard sports, Boxing and bicycling, swimming and skating, track and triathlons, motor sports and marathons.       Twenty-five years ago, ABC launched “Wide World Sports,” and its highly successful format—giving us a little of this and a little of …

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When Olympic Rings Fade, TV Stays Focused on Boxing Ring

     Sugar Ray Leonard has re-retired, costing the sport its biggest attraction. Marvin Hagler can wear handcuffs and still kayo anyone in the middleweight division. Gerry Cooney cancels more fights than Billy Martin stars. Carlos de Leon and Osvaldo Ocaslo are champions of the so-called cruiser-weight division, boxing’s 195-pound wasteland for heavyweights on a …

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