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An intimate and freewheeling portrait of John Madden through the NFL legend's own words

John Madden is synonymous with football. He was the television face and voice of the nation's most popular sport, the namesake of its best-selling sports video game, and the man with the highest career winning percentage…

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John Madden was a working-class kid from Jefferson High School in Daly City, California. He played sports, went into coaching, and became a broadcaster on national television. He was also a larger-than-life figure who brought joy and energy into professional sports, as a major television figure. In Mornings With Madden we get to know the joy and energy part from author and San Francisco Bay Area radio personality Stan Bunger.

Mornings With Madden is clearly a labor of love, written by a kindred spirit who did not look or sound at all like the large and effusive Madden. Radio announcer…

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