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| Football legend John Madden to retire |
| 2009-04-16 |
| NEW YORK (CNN) -- Legendary football coach and broadcaster John Madden is retiring, he announced Thursday. "It's been such a great ride ... the NFL has been my life for more than 40 years, it has been my passion -- it still is," he said in a statement released by NBC Sports. Madden, 73, was a Hall of Fame coach for the Oakland Raiders, but is best known to millions as an ebullient football commentator. He won 16 Emmy awards for outstanding sports analyst/personality, NBC said. I see his wife on our Golf Course all the time, John's not much of a golfer. I think he prefers Bachi Ball at his restaurant in Livermore. Well done John, we've enjoyed the ride with you. |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #4 Madden's so bad, he's great. Here in SD, we have the Padre's announcer, Jerry Coleman, who's reached the same status of "We know he sucks technically, but you know what? we love him" A classic Colemanism: "in center field, a leaping diving catch!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-04-16 22:42 |
| #3 A tribute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1v52f1TrWg |
| Posted by: Dar 2009-04-16 18:28 |
| #2 Man, this is such a bummer... Madden's been a class act for a long time. Meanwhile, that blathering idiot Kornheiser will still be polluting the airwaves Monday nights. Ugh! Life is so not fair. I'll never forget the time Madden was announcing some game years ago and they cut to a shot of a rainbow on the horizon following some showers. Madden of course takes his light pen and circles the rainbow--for us viewers that didn't know what one looked like, I guess! Fortunately he finally settled down into a groove with that light pen. The first few years though he was like a 5YO with a brand-new Etch-a-Sketch! |
| Posted by: Dar 2009-04-16 18:23 |
| #1 It won't be Monday, er, Sunday night without him this fall. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2009-04-16 15:46 |