John Madden is joining NBC for the network’s “Sunday Night Football,” a network source told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
NBC announced an afternoon teleconference with Madden to make the announcement that he will join NBC when it brings back football to the peacock network in 2006.
Madden has spent the past three seasons paired with Al Michaels on ABC’s “Monday Night Football.”
Before joining ABC, Madden worked with Pat Summerall to call Fox’s lead game from 1994-2001. They were the top NFL announcing team for the previous 13 seasons on CBS.
The former Oakland Raiders coach, who led them to a win over Minnesota in the 1977 Super Bowl, has become a pop-culture phenomenon thanks in large part to the popularity of his video game franchise for EA. Since its initial release in 1989, the game has sold more than 43 million copies and become the No. 1 selling sports video game of all time.
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