"Billy Crystal," she said ... "He does a terrific imitation of Ali," the woman said. "Ali and Howard Cosell. You'll love him." Reluctantly, I took Crystal. I didn't have much choice.

Billy Crystal told a funny story to Stephen Colbert on Monday about guest-hosting “The Tonight Show” back in the 1980s and having to deal with a “looped” and sobbing Howard Cosell. (Watch the video ...

The most famous television sportscaster of the 1970s was Howard Cosell, a nasal-toned, staccato blast of magniloquent pomposity who became the face and voice of ABC’s biggest prime-time shows ...