charlie: howard cosell. you knew him, your worked him, your write about him.n the gamut from charming to cantankerous. i had him from 1977 through the final game he ever did which was in 1985. we did mainly baseball. we did a couple of pro bowls. this was before i was on "monday night football" and some boxing. the thing about howard, if you were with him, you would come back with a story or five. there was always something that took place with howard. he drew a crowd. he was a lot of fun for a while. then, towards the end, he became very bitter. he took himself off "monday night football" in 1983. was never very happy with a lot of things and kind of went out in an inglorious fashion. it was a shame. charlie: attacking everybody. al: just sullen and angry. towards the end, nothing was better for me in those years than postseason baseball and howard would show up and he did not want to be there off the bat. being the big dog on the whole crew, this would permeate the crew. this was not a good thing. but boy -- at his best, he was funny and lively. charlie: and

. >>> this is howard cosell. down goes frazier! not quite.n tonight's two-minute drill, nba playoff action is heating up. three teams are on the verge of victory in the first round. the golden state warriors are one win away from advancing. the warriors battled back from a 20-point deficit to send the game to overtime on the last-second three-pointer from stephen curry. i was watching that game. they held on to win 123-119. curry ended the night with 40 points, seven baskets from a three-point range. anthony davis of unibrow fame had a strong night for the pelicans with 29 points and 15 rebounds. the warriors and pelicans play game four on saturday. >>> a strong night for lebron james helped the cavs move to a 3-0 advantage in their series against the celtics. james had 31 points in the team's 103-95 victory. in boston kevin love didn't look too bad at all. the teams face off again on sunday. >>> and the milwaukee bucks were double trouble for the chicago bulls. that game went to double overtime before the bulls pulled off a 113-106 victory.