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John Madden announced today he is leaving the announcers booth. We will miss his commentary.
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April 16, 2009
For the first season since he was a freshman in high school, John Madden will not be involved in football. The NFL hall of famer announced his retirement on Thursday after thirty years of broadcasting. His last game in the announcer’s booth: Super Bowl XLIII, a thrilling last minute Pittsburg Steelers victory.
Madden, 73, claims to [...]
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April 16, 2009
This just in from NBC Sports:JOHN MADDEN RETIRES FROM BROADCASTING NEW YORK – April 16, 2009 – NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol announced today that John Madden, Hall of Fame coach and the most honored broadcaster in sports television history, has decided to retire from broadcasting.Madden issued the following statement today:It's time. I'm 73 years old. My 50th...
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April 16, 2009
His very name is synonymous with the game of football itself. That trademark voice and infectious laugh led to an unprecedented 16 Outstanding Sports Analyst/Personality Emmy awards.
John Madden has announced his retirement from broadcasting through a statement released on NBC Sports.com.
The former Raider head coach had a career record of 112-39-7 with an all-time best .759 winning...
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April 16, 2009
John Madden retired from coaching in 1979 in his early 40's a left a legacy with one of the highest winning percentages in NFL history and a win in Super Bowl XI. His coaching career could be legendary but his post coaching career did become legendary. John Madden moved on to become the gold standard of NFL analysts working with Pat Summerall and later Al Michaels.Madden Thursday...
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April 16, 2009
CNBC’s Darren Rovell reports this morning that John Madden is retiring as an NFL TV game analyst.
(Collateral Damage: Frank Caliendo’s bookings to decline in 2009)
Madden, 73, started his career at CBS, before migrating to ABC and finally NBC. NBC Sports President Dick Ebersol made the official announcement this morning.
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April 16, 2009
Long-time CBS, FOX, ABC and NBC broadcaster John Madden has decided to hang up his whatever object you most associate with being an announcer and pursue a life of grandfatherly fussing and spending his shitloads of TV and video game money on turducken and whatever else strikes his expansive fancy. “It’s time,” Madden said in [...]
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April 16, 2009
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April 17, 2009
New retiree John Madden plans on staying retired, the former Raiders coach said when asked if he would rejoin Raiders owner Al Davis's payroll as a...
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April 16, 2009
John Madden Retires, His first trip to the booth, Video. John Madden has retired from football altogether. Love him or hate him, he is still a legend. In this video, recently retired Raiders coach John Madden drops by the broadcast booth to talk with Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier as they welcome him to the [...]
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April 16, 2009
The Associated Press is reporting that John Madden is retiring from broadcasting. More details to come.
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April 16, 2009
NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol announced today that John Madden, Hall of Fame coach and the most honored broadcaster in sports television history,...
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April 16, 2009
John Madden the legendary broadcaster and NFL football video game king is calling it quits. Madden started his NFL career as linebackers coach with the Raiders and led them to a Super Bowl win in 1979. He joined CBS after that year as a broadcaster and has been delighting and confusing NFL football fans ever since with his passion and love for the telestrator. I will remember Madden...
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April 16, 2009
Hall of Famer Charles Barkley takes center court on NBA.com with the debut of The Barkley Zone, a new video channel that will feature exclusive videos of the TNT analyst throughout the 2009 NBA Playoffs. The Barkley Zone will be one of five video channels available on NBA.com as part of the site’s new look for the Playoffs, which will launch on Thursday, April 16. The Barkley...
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April 18, 2009
ESPN’s coverage of the 2008-09 NBA regular season demonstrated impressive audience growth across multimedia platforms, including a 16 percent increase in viewership on ABC (an average of 3,684,000 viewers for 18 broadcasts this season; 3,175,000 for 19 broadcasts last year). The 2008-09 regular season is the most-viewed on ABC in the previous six years. ABC’s average of 2...
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