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Goapics1 · 10-14-2008, 07:02 AM

Favre aint got nothin' on Madden.

NBC: Madden will miss 'SNF' game

John Madden will miss Week 7 after working 476 in a row.

Madden travels by bus because of fear of flying and will skip cross-country trip Cris Collinsworth will replace Madden in booth at Tampa Bay

NEW YORK (AP) -- 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 this Sunday's game at Tampa Bay. There's no Sunday Night Football game the following weekend, so Madden would have then headed home to the Bay Area.

NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol first approached Madden in the spring with the suggestion of skipping the trip.

Cris Collinsworth, normally a part of NBC's studio show, will fill in for Madden.

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Pushead2 · 10-14-2008, 01:03 PM

The best lineup was the Sunday night line up of Mike Patrick, Joe Theismann, and Paul Maguire for me....

'Hamas' Jenkins · 10-14-2008, 01:15 PM

Vermeil is actually a hell of a color guy. If you put him with Jaws and Gus Johnson, you'd have a ****ing balla ass team.

RJ · 10-14-2008, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

For that matter, I'm fine with Kornheiser and I really enjoyed Dennis Miller.

Same here, mostly because I tune them all out.

10-14-2008, 07:02 AM
Goapics1 Ghetto Superstar Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Midwest Casino cash: $10004900	John Madden to miss first game after 476 in a row Favre aint got nothin' on Madden. NBC: Madden will miss 'SNF' game John Madden will miss Week 7 after working 476 in a row. Madden travels by bus because of fear of flying and will skip cross-country trip Cris Collinsworth will replace Madden in booth at Tampa Bay NEW YORK (AP) -- 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 this Sunday's game at Tampa Bay. There's no Sunday Night Football game the following weekend, so Madden would have then headed home to the Bay Area. NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol first approached Madden in the spring with the suggestion of skipping the trip. Cris Collinsworth, normally a part of NBC's studio show, will fill in for Madden. Copyright 2008 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html
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10-14-2008, 01:15 PM	#47
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $7149572	Vermeil is actually a hell of a color guy. If you put him with Jaws and Gus Johnson, you'd have a ****ing balla ass team. __________________ "When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
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