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John Madden retires; from broadcasting
Topic Started: Apr 16 2009, 02:06 PM (322 Views)
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http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AkhN...ov=ap&type=lgns

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NEW YORK (AP)—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 Football.” His last telecast was the Super Bowl between Arizona and Pittsburgh.

“You know at some point you have to do this—I got to that point,” Madden said on his Bay Area radio show Thursday. “The thing that made it hard is not because I’m second guessing, `is it the right decision?’ But I enjoyed it so damn much.

“I enjoyed the game and the players and the coaches and the film and the travel and everything.”

Cris Collinsworth will replace Madden, moving over from the network’s studio show, NBC Sports chief Dick Ebersol said. Collinsworth filled in when Madden took a game off last October.

Ebersol called Madden “absolutely the best sports broadcaster who ever lived.”


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