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John Madden Punts his career @ 73 http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...en_retires
NBC football broadcaster John Madden retires 14 mins ago NEW YORK – John Madden, the burly former coach who has been one of pro football's most popular broadcast analysts for three decades, is calling it quits. Madden worked for the past three seasons on NBC's Sunday night NFL game. His last telecast was the Super Bowl between Arizona and Pittsburgh. "It's time," Madden said. "I'm 73 years old. My 50th wedding anniversary is this fall. I have two great sons and their families and their five grandchildren are at an age now when they know when I'm home and, more importantly, when I'm not." Madden said he still loves all aspects of the game and his job, and that's why it took him a couple of months to make the decision. Madden's blue-collar style and love for in-the-trenches football endeared him to fans. His "Madden NFL Football" is the top-selling sports video game of all time. Madden is reluctant to fly and often traveled to games in a specially equipped bus. He began his pro football career as a linebacker coach at Oakland in 1967 and was named head coach two years later, at 33 the youngest coach in what was then the American Football League. Madden led the Raiders to their first Super Bowl victory and retired in 1979. He joined CBS later that year. He worked at CBS until 1994 when the network lost rights to broadcast NFL games, leading him to switch to Fox. He left Fox in 2002 to become the lead analyst for ABC's "Monday Night Football" and joined NBC in 2006 when that network inaugurated a prime-time Sunday game. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006. Studies have shown the ass crack of the average Prince fan to be abnormally large. This explains the ease and frequency of their panties bunching up in it. |
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moderatorWhao....Monday Night Football won't be the same. enjoy your retirement, John, you deserve it.  Prince's Sarah | |
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mzsadii said: Whao....Monday Night Football won't be the same. enjoy your retirement, John, you deserve it.
Girl, he hasn't been on Monday Night for a few years now. I really liked him and Al together. | |
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I loved Madden for the reason many hated him. He was crazy in his later years. Studies have shown the ass crack of the average Prince fan to be abnormally large. This explains the ease and frequency of their panties bunching up in it. |
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During the 80s, there was no team better than Madden & Summerall doing those great NFC wars when the 49ers, Redskins, Bears & Giants were on top. Madden's an NFL icon(and a HOF coach) who will be missed. | |
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BOOM! Tough actin' Tinactin! nWo: bboy87 - Timmy84 - LittleBlueCorvette - MuthaFunka - phunkdaddy - Christopher
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MuthaFunka said: BOOM! Tough actin' Tinactin!
Haaaa I was thinking the same thing!!!  | |
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CarrieLee said: MuthaFunka said: BOOM! Tough actin' Tinactin!
Haaaa I was thinking the same thing!!!  nWo: bboy87 - Timmy84 - LittleBlueCorvette - MuthaFunka - phunkdaddy - Christopher
MuthaFunka - Black...by popular demand | |
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So I guess Chris Collinsworth will replace him on Sunday Night Football then, I figured Madden was just about done. | |
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