theworldofisaac.com - 10/14/2008
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For the first time in 476 straight NFL games, John Madden is taking a week off. Because it has to be so foreign for John Madden to actually have a weekend away from the NFL, The World of Isaac gives him some advice on how to spend his free time... He can... Renew his vows with Brett Favre He ...
Breaking news: John Madden to take a week off!
weblogs.newsday.com 10/14/2008 — Check out this story from Syosset's own Len Shapiro in The Washington Post: John Madden is missing a game, for the first time . . . ever.
Apparently John and Al Michaels mentioned this on the air Sunday night. I didn't hear it, but Len did and ...
John Madden’s Day Off —
Raising Zona | An Arizona Cardinals Blog
In case you haven’t heard yet, NBC Football Analyst John Madden is taking his first week off in 28 years. He has made a couple of cross-country trips the past two weeks, so he wanted time to rest this week. Instead, in his place, we will be graced with the voice of Chris Collingsworth ...
Madden To Miss Sunday Nights Hawks-Bucs Game —
NFL Gridiron Gab
Sunday Night Football commentator John Madden will not call this Sunday’s matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Madden has called a game 476 consecutive weeks, but will take Sunday off to spend time with his family. The 72-year-old Madden travels by bus ...
Madden To Miss Sunday Nights Hawks-Bucs Game —
Full of Sports
Sunday Night Football commentator John Madden will not call this Sunday’s matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Madden has called a game 476 consecutive weeks, but will take Sunday off to spend time with his family. The 72-year-old Madden travels
John Madden To Miss “SNF” —
SaltyMilk.com
John Madden will miss calling this Sunday Nights NFL game after 476 consecutive starts.
Madden, (72) will take a break to spend time with his family instead of making three straight cross country trips by bus due to his fear of flying, NBC said Monday.
The AP says Madden went from ...
MADDEN DOESN’T FEEL LIKE CRUSIING —
Zoner Sports
John Madden is taking a week off .
According to a Washington Post report, NBC Sports President Dick Ebersol first suggested a week off last spring, and Madden agreed 10 days ago.
“I still enjoy the travel, but you’d like to be home once in a while. I’ve got five ...
Madden To Miss The Next Sunday Nighter —
AwfulAnnouncing
It's pretty amazing to think that John Madden hasn't missed the call of a game in 476 chances, but that's exactly the case. Unfortunately that streak will be ending this Sunday as NBC analyst will take his first night off in almost 30 years. According to the Washington Post , Madden really ...
After 476 straight games, Favre-like John Madden rests —
The Zone Blitz
After 476 straight games, announcer John Madden is taking a seat. Leonard Shapiro of the Washington Post writes: It wasn't exactly Madden's idea to take a deep breath and a day off this weekend, but when NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol first broached the possibility with him last spring, ...
John Madden To Miss Next Sunday's Game —
Football Outsiders
John Madden will sit out next week's Sunday Night game to avoid having to take three consecutive cross-country trips. Of course, if I pulled that excuse when I had to travel every week, I'd have been out of a job.
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He'll Do What? John Madden To Take This Sunday Off —
Fang's Bites
This is why blogging is a 24 hour cycle. Leave it to an enterprising reporter to follow up on a comment made by Al Michaels and John Madden during the Sunday Night Football game. They mentioned Madden would take this Sunday's game off between the Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers and not ...
Bye week for Madden —
SPORTS COUCH POTATO
John Madden will miss calling an NFL game next weekend after working 476 in a row. Madden, 72, who travels by bus because
of a fear of flying, will take a break from his "Sunday Night Football" duties to spend time with his family
instead of making three straight cross-country trips, NBC ...
John Madden's Game Called Streak Cound End at 476 —
FanHouse
Midway through last night's beatdown , Al Michaels nonchalantly noted that John Madden wouldn't be in Tampa for next week's Seahawks-Bucs game, and awkwardness promptly ensued. It came out of nowhere, especially since Madden is, ironically, the Brett Favre of the broadcast booth, having called ...
John Madden to take Sunday off; first time in 28 years —
Shutdown Corner
John Madden will take next Sunday off , ending a run of 476 consecutive NFL weekends in which he has called a game. Instead of traveling cross-country from San Diego to Tampa to call Sunday's NBC tilt between the Bucs and Seahawks, Madden will get a three-week break at his home in Northern ...
Madden taking a week off, replaced by Collinsworth. —
Sports Media Watch
Sunday Night Football will be without arguably its most recognizable face this week.
NBC's John Madden is skipping Sunday's Seahawks/Buccaneers game "to spend time with his family instead." Madden, who had worked 476 games in a row, will be replaced by studio analyst Cris Collinsworth.
This ...
Madden to Take a Break —
The DC Sports Page
John Madden, the long time analyst for virtually every network that has ever broadcast NFL games will take a one week break . Dick Ebersol notes that Cris Collinsworth will move from "Football Night in America" to the booth for next weeks Seattle Seahawks at Tampa Bay Buccaneers game.
Madden ...
