![]() Two decades later, by which time Cosell had become a household name, Daniel Menaker spoofed the sportscaster’s baroque verbosity in a casual called “ Winter-Up Close and Personal.” Menaker imagined a Cosell-like television personality, named Harold Portent, conducting a broadcast interview with Winter. An attorney can act as a kind of voorloper, or vanguard, guiding them through the veldt of agents constantly besieging them with questionable propositions. In their search for financial security, they may unwittingly pauperize themselves…. Mark Ribowsky 3. They are likely to be sold bad insurance, make bad realty investments, and sign away their legal rights a maximus ad minima. The result is players are apt to fall victims to hornswoggling and pettifoggery on a huge scale. Because they’re gregarious, if an agent sells one player something he can generally sell the entire team. Howard Cosell is legendary sports broadcaster and his legendary status looms over todays sports broadcasters like a god. How is it possible that 16 years have passed without. ![]() Ballplayers are apt to approach business propositions à bouche ouverte. HOWARD COSELL: The Man, the Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports, by Mark Ribowsky. ![]()
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