He interviewed boxer Muhammed Ali during the time he took his controversial conscientious objector status in the Vietnam War.
Cosell became a household name when he appeared in the ABC-TV broadcast booth of Monday Night Football, and that show became a viewing event. He also appeared on ABC’s baseball coverage of big games and the World Series.
For my part, Cosell was a great boxing announcer and very good on Monday Night Football. But he was a showman and could sell the dramatic moment of a baseball game, or a specific player.
Full disclosure, I met Cosell as a grad student and interviewed him for my M.