jehurey 3,227 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 (edited) https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/12/28/john-madden-football-legend-dies-at-85/ Quote John Madden, football legend, dies at 85 Posted by Michael David Smith on December 28, 2021, 7:16 PM EST John Madden, a legendary figure known to one generation as a Hall of Fame coach, another generation as the sport’s greatest announcer, and yet another generation for the video game that bears his name, has died at the age of 85. The NFL announced Madden’s passing today. Madden’s influence on the sport of football is impossible to overstate. He was the youngest head coach in pro football when Al Davis hired him to coach the Oakland Raiders, and he led them to a Super Bowl title while having so much success that he still has the all-time highest winning percentage among all coaches who won at least 100 games. But as great a coach as he was, he did more for the sport after he retired for coaching. In the broadcasting booth, Madden became a sensation, not just the best broadcaster in football but one of the most popular figures in America, as famous as any movie star but as down-to-earth as any guy you’d talk about sports with at the barbershop. Everyone loved him. And then Madden had his video game, which he didn’t just lend his name to but took an active role in developing, always insisting that it needed to be as realistic as possible. The youngest generation of football fans that can’t even remember him as a broadcaster, let alone as a coach, is still influenced by Madden’s giant presence in the sport. Even in the final years of his life, Madden had an important role in the NFL, advising the league and advocating for rule changes that would protect players from brain injuries. John Madden may have been the single most influential person in the history of the sport of football. The first sports and video game legend. Edited December 29, 2021 by jehurey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hot Sauce 2,727 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Damn, was just watching that All-Madden doc the other day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sergio Perez SP11 173 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Damn Just like a week ago I checked his wiki to see if he was still alive after seeing a madden land commercial Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Impossible 407 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Lol I didn't even know that nigga was still alive. And he was only 85? Jesus I feel like he looked 80, twenty years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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jehurey 3,227 Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 This is the baddest-ass Madden intro, solely because it combined it with the NFL on Fox music. Also, I recently found the NBA Live intro that was insanely badass back in the day. Even thought NBA Live mostly became famous on PS1, this intro was from the SNES version. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jehurey 3,227 Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 They were replaying the All Madden documentary on Fox right now. And they had a segment on the video game, and they had Michael Vick talking about it, and they had him with their game boxart, him and Tom Brady, and Brett Favre, and Patrick Mahomes. It was very touching. EA better have one absolutely fantastic version of Madden ready, with the most amazing epic intro tribute to him this August. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Mother Fucker 26 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 As far as sports video game intros goes, the best goes to Dreamcast. They gave us a real intro NBA Showtime. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MalaXmaS 646 Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Who? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TLHBO 2,160 Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 17 hours ago, MalaXmaS said: Who? The FIFA guy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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