“We’re just two colored boys from the ghetto and we have the whole world watching us in the greatest event of all time!” Thus did Muhammad Ali describe himself and Joe Frazier hours before they faced ...

PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. (2010) — The voice, abruptly unleashed from an audio vault, ascends in rising tides of dissonance. It is unrelenting in purpose and fervor. It is, of course, Howard Cosell.

Muhammad Ali will always be remembered both for his powerful jabs in the ring and his playful barbs outside -- and one man who was a frequent foil for his one liners was ABC sportscaster Howard Cosell ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Howard Cosell loved standing next to Muhammad Ali. Did it often. The frog-homely broadcaster and the prince-handsome fighter, hip-to-hip, swapping gentle insults, poking each other ...