Myth one, Howard was not that annoying, the most annoying and worst sportscaster of all time is that punk wus Jack Buck. Howard told it like it was, was funny, charming, he helped make MNF special.

Classic example of 'king for a day'. . .Cosell wasn't as influential as he claimed himself to be (Ali made his career, not the other way around) and all he did was make enemies of everyone in the industry thus almost insuring that his image would fade fast. . .doesn't translate well between generations and is, quite frankly, fading fast from public consciousness. . .