Published 10/13/2008
at Yahoo! Sports - NFL News
John Madden will miss calling an NFL game this weekend after working 476 in a row. The 72-year-old Sunday Night Football analyst, who travels by bus because of a fear of flying, will take a break to spend time with his family instead of making three straight cross country trips, NBC said Monday. Madden went from Jacksonville, Fla., to San Diego last week; he would have had to return to Florida for...
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