Howard Cosell Movies

  • 1973
    The World's Greatest Athlete

    The World's Greatest Athlete

    The World's Greatest Athlete

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    Stuck with a feeble sports department, college coach Sam Archer (John Amos) faces the ax unless he can reverse the school's athletic fortunes. An Afri...

    The World's Greatest Athlete
  • 2021
    Ron Lyle

    Ron Lyle

    Ron Lyle

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    Ron Lyle A look back at Ron Lyle, a convicted murderer who upon his release from prison, was able to rebuild his life and become one of the top heavyw...

    Ron Lyle
  • 1989
    Monday Night Madness

    Monday Night Madness

    Monday Night Madness

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    For two decades, Monday Night Football has brought color, candor, controversy and non-stop action to 20 million homes every week. Monday Night Madness...

    Monday Night Madness
  • 1972
    Fol-de-Rol

    Fol-de-Rol

    Fol-de-Rol

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    A filmed version of Sid and Marty Krofft's 1968 live puppet show, set at a medieval fair. The special was a pilot for a weekly series.

    Fol-de-Rol
  • 1976
    Wide World of Sports 15th Anniversary Special

    Wide World of Sports 15th Anniversary Special

    Wide World of Sports 15th Anniversary Special

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    ABC's Wide World of Sports host Jim McKay sets out to travel to the various locations.

    Wide World of Sports 15th Anniversary Special
  • 1979
    Wide World of Sports: 1970's A Decade in Review

    Wide World of Sports: 1970's A Decade in Review

    Wide World of Sports: 1970's A Decade in Review

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    ABC's Wide World of Sports hosts Jim McKay and Howard Cossell take a look back on the decade in this wrap-up of the top sports stories of the 1970s.

    Wide World of Sports: 1970's A Decade in Review
  • 1973
    Bobby Riggs vs. Billie Jean King: Tennis Battle of the Sexes

    Bobby Riggs vs. Billie Jean King: Tennis Battle of the Sexes

    Bobby Riggs vs. Billie Jean King: Tennis Battle of the Sexes

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    In the national limelight Bobby Riggs taunted all female tennis players, prompting Billie Jean King to accept a lucrative financial offer to play Rigg...

    Bobby Riggs vs. Billie Jean King: Tennis Battle of the Sexes
  • 1986
    Casey at the Bat

    Casey at the Bat

    Casey at the Bat

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    Down-on-his-luck baseball player Casey Frank (Elliott Gould) follows his dreams to become the biggest star in the game.

    Casey at the Bat
  • 2009
    Muhammad and Larry

    Muhammad and Larry

    Muhammad and Larry

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    In October of 1980 Muhammad Ali was preparing to fight for an unprecedented fourth heavyweight title against his friend and former sparring partner La...

    Muhammad and Larry
  • 2011
    The Real Rocky

    The Real Rocky

    The Real Rocky

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    Chuck Wepner is a liquor salesman from Bayonne, N.J., who drives a Cadillac with “Champ” vanity plates. A former New Jersey State Heavyweight Boxing...

    The Real Rocky
  • 1974
    Frank Sinatra: The Main Event

    Frank Sinatra: The Main Event

    Frank Sinatra: The Main Event

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    Charged with the electricity of a heavyweight prizefight, " The Main Event " was filmed live at Madison Square Garden, a venue usually reserved for sp...

    Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
  • 1990
    Night of 100 Stars III

    Night of 100 Stars III

    Night of 100 Stars III

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    A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

    Night of 100 Stars III
  • 1982
    Larry Holmes vs. Randall 'Tex' Cobb

    Larry Holmes vs. Randall 'Tex' Cobb

    Larry Holmes vs. Randall 'Tex' Cobb

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    Larry Holmes defends his WBC heavyweight crown for the 13th time from challenger Randall 'Tex' Cobb on November 26th, 1982 at Houston's Astrodome. Lar...

    Larry Holmes vs. Randall 'Tex' Cobb
  • 1981
    Larry Holmes vs. Leon Spinks

    Larry Holmes vs. Leon Spinks

    Larry Holmes vs. Leon Spinks

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    Larry Holmes defends his WBC heavyweight crown for the 10th time from challenger Leon Spinks on June 12th, 1981 at Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan....

    Larry Holmes vs. Leon Spinks
  • 1981
    Larry Holmes vs. Renaldo Snipes

    Larry Holmes vs. Renaldo Snipes

    Larry Holmes vs. Renaldo Snipes

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    Larry Holmes defends his WBC heavyweight crown for the 11th time from challenger Renaldo Snipes on November 6th, 1981 at Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Penn...

    Larry Holmes vs. Renaldo Snipes
  • 1980
    Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier

    Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier

    Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier

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    Based on Bleier's 1975 autobiography of the same name, it tells the story of how, after becoming a running back for the Steelers in 1968, he was then...

    Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
  • 1996
    When We Were Kings

    When We Were Kings

    When We Were Kings

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    It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world....

    When We Were Kings
  • 1971
    Bananas

    Bananas

    Bananas

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    When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebelli...

    Bananas
  • 1971
    Fight of the Century

    Fight of the Century

    Fight of the Century

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    Legendary boxing match between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali in Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971.

    Fight of the Century
  • 1989
    The Billy Martin Celebrity Roast

    The Billy Martin Celebrity Roast

    The Billy Martin Celebrity Roast

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    The famed baseball player and manager gets the gagged filled joke treatment.

    The Billy Martin Celebrity Roast