Semi-OT: John Madden Retiring

TB#1 · Post #1 » by **TB#1** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:50 pm

John Madden is calling it quits.

NBC said Thursday that the burly ex-coach who has been one pro football's top broadcast analysts has decided to retire. The 73-year-old Madden has been working for the past three seasons on NBC's Sunday night NFL game. His last telecast was the Super Bowl between Arizona and Pittsburgh.

NBC said Thursday that the burly ex-coach who has been one pro football's top broadcast analysts has decided to retire. The 73-year-old Madden has been working for the past three seasons on NBC's Sunday night NFL game. His last telecast was the Super Bowl between Arizona and Pittsburgh.

Since he left coaching in 1979, the former Oakland Raiders coach has worked as an analyst for all four broadcast networks. His "Madden NFL Football" is the top-selling sports video game of all time.

Mighty Mouse · Post #2 » by **Mighty Mouse** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:12 pm

Looks like Cris Collinsworth is replacing him.

kyrv · Post #3 » by **kyrv** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:58 pm

Mighty Mouse wrote:Looks like Cris Collinsworth is replacing him.

Oh dear me.

Someone please teach Cris the acronym NFL so he doesn't have to keep saying "National Football League" every few minutes.

SportsWorld · Post #4 » by **SportsWorld** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:44 pm

Mighty Mouse wrote:Looks like Cris Collinsworth is replacing him.

Chewie · Post #5 » by **Chewie** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:50 pm

Somehow life will go on.

As long as I don't have to listen to Paul Maguire, I'm a happy camper.

Cliff Levingston · Post #6 » by **Cliff Levingston** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:45 pm

It's been time for Madden to hang 'em up for a while now. He had a great run an hopefully he has a great retirement.

Cliff Levingston isn't sure why people hate Collinsworth. His voice isn't the most pleasant in sports broadcasting but he's very knowledgeable about the game.

kyrv · Post #7 » by **kyrv** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:18 pm

Cliff Levingston wrote:It's been time for Madden to hang 'em up for a while now. He had a great run an hopefully he has a great retirement.

Cliff Levingston isn't sure why people hate Collinsworth. His voice isn't the most pleasant in sports broadcasting but he's very knowledgeable about the game.

He says some really stupid and not true things. A lot of them. And he hasn't learned the acronym NFL just yet.

Of course I'm not a big fan of people laughing as they talk because they are just so amusing they can't help it.

NLK · Post #8 » by **NLK** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:52 pm

He's leaving, to finally do this: