re: #358 TedStriker

TIL that Howard Cosell, after serving in the Army during WWII, was a practicing lawyer for about 7-8 years before getting first host gig on the radio:

It certainly explains a lot about his style…

No shit. I never knew Cosell was a lawyer. It does explain his interviewing technique and delivery, though.

IIRC Cosell was sympathetic to Muhammad Ali’s refusal to serve in the military on religious grounds, when Ali was getting a lot of shit for it.