Tag: Pete Rozelle

Halby’s Morsels: A Cosell-Summerall confrontation; Trump’s USFL-NFL vision; Harlan’s magic; Costas at 22

By David J. Halberstam 01/21/2020 3

The untold encounter of Howard Cosell and Pat Summerall, a 1966 classic witnessed by […]

On a Friday, the nation stopped when JFK was assassinated; On Sunday, the NFL played – but not on TV

By David J. Halberstam 11/26/2018 3

Commissioner Pete Rozelle was criticized for playing the games but decades later thoughts have changed […]