Madden removed from air by ESPN

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ESPN Fires Pittsburgh Radio Host Mark Madden
Published 5/28/2008 by rcade at SportsFilter
ESPN Fires Pittsburgh Radio Host Mark Madden : Last Wednesday, ESPN 1250 host Mark Madden responded to news of Sen. Ted Kennedy's illness with this comment: "I'm very disappointed to hear that Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts is near death because of a brain tumor. I always hoped Senator Kennedy would live long enough to be assassinated." This Wednesday, he's looking for a new job. AOL Fanhouse blogger Ryan Wilson's response : "It couldn't have happened to a nicer jerk." read story | posted by rcade to Other at 8:34 AM CDT

Free Mark Madden?
Published 5/28/2008 by Thejim at Sportsocracy.org
ESPN 1250's flagship radio host Mark Madden was permanently removed from the air as of yesterday.  There's some amount of rejoicing from sports columnists, haters, and some perfectly reasonable citizens out there.  Madden recently made some off-color comments on his show, saying: I'm very disappointed to hear that Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts is near death because of a brain tumor. I always hoped Senator Kennedy would live long enough to be assassinated. Now, I obviously can't condone that kind of comment, it's way over the top and designed to incur your ...

ESPN Does Pittsburgh a Favor, Fires Mark Madden
Published 5/28/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... We’re not ones to find glee in the misfortune of others, but 99 percent of emailers have said Pittsburgh radio hack Mark Madden was a vile, contemptible human being. Hines Ward of the Steelers agrees. So all of those people will be happy to know that Madden was sacked last night by ESPN after y ...

ESPN Radio mutes Pittsburgh yakker for Ted joke
Published 5/28/2008 by Neil Best at Watchdog
... for tipping us off to this story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about the firing of controversial radio yakker Mark Madden. ...

You Can’t Say That on the Radio
Published 5/28/2008 by Keith at Sports Media Journal
You gotta love sports radio hosts who think they can use their bully pulpit to spew whatever they want.   Well, they can’t. Here  is a story out of Pittsburgh where 1250 ESPN Radio host Mark Madden was fired this week for comments he made during last Wednesday’s show.  Apparently Madden opened his show with a reaction to the news that Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor;“I’m very disappointed to hear that Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts is near death because of a brain tumor. I always hoped Senator Kennedy would live long enough ...

ESPN Confusingly Rids Itself Of Mark Madden's Vileness [The Great Sports Radio Debate]
Published 5/28/2008 by DAULERIO at Deadspin
... , stuck his tongue on the hot rail when he made an ill-timed Ted Kennedy remark. He was, at first, forced to apologize and disciplined with suspension ... and now just been let go by the WWL. ...