A chance encounter between ABC football announcer Frank Gifford and John Lennon led to one of the most interesting moments in sports television history 50 years ago this Monday, when the former Beatle ...

Millions of Americans were watching the Patriots and Dolphins on “Monday Night Football,” a humdrum game between two mediocre teams, when Howard Cosell delivered the news that still feels shocking 45 ...

On Dec. 8, 1980 — 45 years ago — Howard Cosell interrupted the broadcast of a "Monday Night Football" matchup between the Miami Dolphins and the New England Patriots to tell the audience about "an ...

It's strange to think that it's been 30 years since that awful night when Monday Night Football announcer Howard Cosell pulled our attention away from the final seconds of the Dolphins and Patriots ...

In the minds of people old enough to be paying attention a quarter-century ago, the names John Lennon and Howard Cosell are irrevocably linked. Lennon was a Beatle. Cosell was a sportscaster who ...