He was hilarious in "Bananas".
"And Down! It's OVER all over for El Presidente!"
Drunken Howard Cosell threw up on Don Meridith’s cowboy boots during one broadcast.
ABC executive Jim Spence wrote that Cosell’s wife would call Spence when she heard drunken Howard’s voice at the beginning of a broadcast and could tell he was drunk.
She would beg Spence to make sure he got back safely to the hotel after the game.
Clueless Cosell poisoned every sport he broadcast.
Boxing fans knew he was a clueless jerk and just turned the sound off.
Football fans hated him with a passion for stinking up their enjoyment of their games.