Ali And Cosell: one was the great-grandson of slaves and a convert to Islam, the other was the son of polish immigrants and a nonobservant Jew. But as a new biography reveals, theirs was a partnership that transcended race, religion, and personal history and would ultimately knock the world off its feet, here, an exclusive sneak peek.(SPORTS LEGEND)(Sound and Fury: Two Parallel Lives, One Fateful Friendship)(Excerpt) From: Interview | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: Kindred, Dave | COPYRIGHT 2006 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Individually, Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell were two of the most interesting personalities to emerge from the '60s and '70s, each in their way establishing new standards by which to judge success in their respective fields. View them together, however, and one begins to see how their influence was able to expand beyond their individual arenas--professional athletics for Ali, sports broadcasting for Cosell--and into the larger playing fields of politics, religion, and popular cultu...

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