Editor's Note: The first week of the O.J. Simpson case in mid-June 1994 moved ... except that the law must take its course,” said Howard Cosell, who worked with Simpson on ABC’s “Monday ...

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 ...