Boxing has become much less important to our culture than it was in the 20th century, when the heavyweight champion may as well have been the king of the world. Boxing was obviously popular before Howard Cosell, but during his career it reached its highest level. With his close association in the public mind with Ali, it does seem like Cosell elevated the entire sport. There was only one boxing champion after Ali, Mike Tyson, who enjoyed anything like the cultural status of Ali. After Cosell walked away from boxing, the world did too. His departure was obviously not the only reason for that cultural shift, but did it play a part in it?

At the end, during the interview (around 2:52:00), the guy says "I don't think it's the greatest upset of all time". I'd like to know what is. The best hockey team in the world got beat by guys still in, or coming out of, college. They had players as old as 35, while the average age of the U.S. team was 22. Many Soviet players had played together for over a decade. That team routinely beat NHL teams, and the NHL all-star team. They had won 4 straight gold medals. The Soviets outshot them 39 - 16 in this game and yet they still lost. Again I ask....what's a better upset?

The comments made by the always mentally inferior Gifford about Howard made me lose all respect for him as a man. He was envious of Cosell in many ways, but the fact that Cosell never played the game yet knew infinitely more than the pretty boy jock drove the dementia addled ex player to develop a complex of inferiority that he took with him to his grave.

This Lightning team was sooo bad. The leading scorer had like 42 points.

The GOAT !

Looks like they drafted Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen)

Any TSN games coming?

Really young Bob Mackenzie

3:19 Scotty Bowman lower left corner?

man I hated that guy.

Nice clip

Like most Americans who watched Monday Night Football, I hated the obnoxious cartoon character named Howeird Cosell - especially his giant nose with its gross nose hairs sticking out like mulberry bushes. YUCK!

Its definitely interesting to watch this now, less than a week removed from the Coyotes' final game and just a few months ahead of their move to Utah.

Irony but learn from failing

Now how about if we can have NHL Teams in San Diego and Houston!

6:34 Chuck was right lol.

They should do one of these stories on their anticipated move to Utah

11:34 the music stuck in my heads

8:59 Accounting for inflation, that's an over $124K gate for an IHL game in 2024 dollars.

And now the Coyotes are moving to Utah!

It's 2024 and the Winnipeg Jets exist again and are primed for a Playoff Run. The Arizona Coyotes are about to run out of time and are most likely moving to Salt Lake City

Never saw this movie...

Howard would be considered woke in today's world and true to Howard's greatness he would not have cared less and even embraced it.

I’m not a hockey fan…can’t even see the puck 😂😂😂 But, I love any movie that’s a sports film and I loved this movie! I’m a proud American 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

One of great añnoners of his era that voice made him a legend.

Jessica Walter in a Nightie......then History Making Hockey! I'm currently 61 years old....but I was a total RinkRat back then.....skated anywhere and Everywhere I could. Even now, it's still the Impossible Dream comes True;

2:51:36

I have seen both Miracle On Ice and Miracle...There are things in BOTH movies I really like...I find it very hard to pick a favorite...

Miracle ? Stop already this American College Kids versus the Russians comparison - The 1980 U.S.A. Men's Olympic Team were only 3 years younger then the Russians not 10 or 15 years younger - and played against guys around the same age - Our U.S.A players won all games but on which was a tie ! Are all those games also " Miracles " - Give our 1980 U.S.A Men's hockey team credit already -They had talent - they had speed/agility - they scored a lot of goals - To call it a so called " miracle " is in a way an insult to their talents !

this is the tv movie

WHERE IS KURT RUSSELLS AS HOBBS ?

One of a kind. Not the lame, boring and generic form of broadcasters of today. In the 80's, NBC broadcasted an ANNOUNCERLESS NFL GAME. It should of stuck

Tks for posting the m9vie, loved the intensity, and a great game 9f h9ckey is a great game. The US🇺🇲 mastered it in 1980, they beat the godam POS soviets: that was glorious, and deserved the gold. No doubt. As a Canadian🇨🇦, where hockey's a religion, hats off to the Americans🇺🇲.

Wow! He interviewed John Lennon? Howard announced John Lennon’s death during football game.

the brainwashing thru all aspects of sports documentaries are incredible. nothing but divide and conquer. truly disgusting lies over and over. how did they pull this off with men playing childhood games for money?

I still get tears in my eyes for the call on the 1976 LCS. In those days the Mets were THE team in New York. They had Tom Seaver, Yogi Berra, Jerry Grote, two pennants and a World Championship. The Yankees were wife swappers. When they beat the Red Sox and broke through for the pennant......Wow!

Do you have the Jets Leafs game from November 1995?

W movie

I love Dandy Don and the older i get the more i understand and like Howard.

NGL the bit with the roadrunners cracked me up 🤣 The inflatable blimp sums up US sports. I love the Yotes but it sucks they had to be taken from a country so passionate about hockey.

I never knew any of that jew hater stuff. I am so sorry it happened to such a wonderful person and family. God bless

No "Herbies" after 3-3 versus Norway!!

Watching it with my friend Shannon November 21, 2023

Coselll is a legend ! Part of my childhood and sports at the time was what I was about. Especially monday night and Moali

He made sports fun..

this was so bad

S*** today's day and age they hate everybody

Black people hate jews. They should love Howard cosell

Howard Cosell was a sports institution. We loved him while watching MNF and waited to see the halftime highlights. His narration of such and his command of the English language was profound. The man changed sports broadcasting forever and he belongs in the Hall Of Fame! As for ABC creating a platform wherein Howard became the person people loved to hate, I guess CBS MUST’VE had that in mind hiring Dick Stockton & Tom Heinsohn. Two Boston announcers hired by a network to call a local teams games AND pull for them over the air while disregarding and disliking the Lakers.

Even though this was a fedorov based commercial, Roenick and goalie Jim Carey agreed to take part in this