There You Have It: The Life, Legacy, and Legend of Howard Cosell

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Index A. C. Nielson ratings, 101 ABC News, 81 ABC Radio Network 1, 48 ABC Sports, 9, 124, 173 ABC Sports, Inc., 56, 153 ABC’s Wide World of Sports, 56, 57, 60, 63, 68, 69, 70, 78, 92, 126, 149, 156 ABC’s World News Tonight, 9 Abernathy, Ralph, 166 Abrams, Mary Edith “Emmy,” 15, 21. See also Cosell, Emmy Abrams, Norman R., 16, 22 Abu Daoud, 109 Aceti, Joe, 70 Adamle, Mike, 166 African Americans, Great Migration of, 11 Agnew, Spiro, 103 Alabama, 58 Alexander Hamilton High School, 20 Alger, Horatio, 3 Ali, Muhammad, xi, xiv, 2, 3, 4, 45, 57, 60, 62, 88, 107, 121, 133; decline in health, 164; fiftieth birthday gala, 181; George Foreman title fight, 140; and Sonny Liston, 65, 66; loss of interest in Cosell, 144; name change from Cassius Clay 66, 67; Nation of Islam, 65, 119; Ken Norton loss, 140; return to boxing 138; Leon Spinks loss, 137; stripping of heavyweight title, 63; and Vietnam War, 71. See also Clay, Cassius All Souls Unitarian Church of Manhattan, 181 All-League Clubhouse, 33, 40, 48 Allen, Woody, 91–94, 147 Alridge, Ron, 157 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), 128 America’s Team, 3. Seen also Dallas Cowboys American Basketball League, 19 American Broadcasting Company (ABC), 28, 32, 47, 50, 136; affiliate conflicts with Cosell, 151; college football coverage, 51; Cosell’s role at, 77; local affiliate stations, 52; Sports Programs, Inc., purchase, 51 American Mercury, 38, 41 Amsterdam Press, 117 anti-Semitism, 23, 119 Apter, Bob, 173 Aptheker, Herbert, 1, 2, 132, 133 Arguello, Alexis, 162 Arizona Daily Sun, 115 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 177 Arledge, Roone, 7, 50, 60, 74, 132; and ABC news division, 149; and “Battle of the Sexes,” tennis match 145; and Capital Cities takeover of ABC, 176–78; and Cosell’s “little monkey” gaffe, 167; and Cosell’s resignation as boxing commentator , 164; hired by ABC, 51, 56; and hiring of Cosell, 56–57; and Keith Jackson exit from Monday Night Football, 125; and Monday Night Football, 89, 94; and race and Cosell, 63, 65; and SportsBeat conflicts, 154, 171–72 Armstrong Circle Theater, 42 Arsenal Stadium, 69 Ashe, Arthur, 166 Associated Press, 100, 166 210 i n d e x Auran, John Henry, 115 Aurthur, Robert Alan, 42 Baader-Meinhof Gang, 11 Babe Ruth: A Look behind the Legend, 52 Baker, Sen. Howard, 158 Baltimore Colts, 80; move to Indianapolis, 159–60 Baltimore, Maryland, 31, 183 Bananas, 91–94, 112, 147 Baseball Sportstacular, 35 Bass, Amy, 88 Battle of the Network Stars, 90, 148, 149 “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match, 9, 145–47 Bay City Rollers, 148 Beatles, 148 Benjamin, Richard, 64 Benny, Jack, 25, 38 Berbick, Trevor, 142 Berkeley, Martin, 38–39, 41, 42 Berkow, Ira, 59–60, 183 Berle, Milton, 25 Bethune Cookman College, 161, 167 Bikel, Theodore, 64 Black September, 109, 110, 111 Bloomington, Minnesota, 117 Bluegrass Bowl, 50–51 Boesky, Ivan, 177 Bonavena, Oscar, 138 Bono, Sonny, 148 Bonventre, Peter, 155 Borzov, Valery, 201n Boston, Massachusetts, 68 Boston Red Sox, 75, 79 Boyer, Ken, 159 Bradley, Bill, 132 Bragan, Bobby, 48 Branca, Ralph, 54 Brigadoon, U.S. Olympic Committee as, 80 Briley, Ron, 76 Brock, Dieter, 180 Brodsky, Irv, 166 Bronx, New York, 149, 185 Brooklyn, New York, xii, 6, 17, 45, 91, 113, 133, 182; and Jewish character, 7 Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, 27 Brooklyn Dodgers, 13, 25, 26, 33, 54, 57, 107 Brooklyn Museum, 27 Brooklyn Paramount Theater, 25 Brooklyn Public Library, 27 Brown University, 137, 176 Brown, James, 143 Brown, Jim, 59, 78 Brown, Paul, 48 Brundage, Avery, 81, 83–84, 85, 110, 118, 119 Buckley, Senator James L., 128, 129 Buckley, William F., 126, 128 Buhle, Paul, 43, 47 Building 31, 111 Burnett, Carol, 101 Burns (George) and Allen (Gracie), 38 Camino Real, 81 Cannon, Jimmy, 67 Canton, Ohio, 125 Cantor, Eddie, 25 Capital Cities, 175, 178 Caponi-Tabery, Gena, 19 Capote, Truman, 64 Carey, Doug, 115 Carlos, John, xi, 2, 3, 80, 85, 86, 105, 107, 113, 116 Carson, Johnny, 105, 118, 156 Carter, Lillian, 151 Casals, Rosie, 146 Cavett, Dick, 148 Chamberlain, Wilt, 48 Cher, 148 Chester (Pa.) Times, 16 Chevrier, Don, 162 Chicago, Illinois, 24, 177 211 i n d e x Chicago Bears, 131 Chicago Daily Defender, 59 Chicago Daily News, 98 Chicago Defender, 117 Chicago Tribune, 115, 157 City College (New York) basketball team, 190n Civil War, 66 Classen...