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Summerall-Madden
team parting ways NEW YORK — Pat Summerall and John Madden are parting ways after 21 years in which they became the standard by which NFL announcing teams are judged. Summerall announced Tuesday that he will leave his longtime NFL broadcasting partner after they call the Super Bowl for Fox Sports. But the 71-year-old former New York Giants star kicker, who played football at Arkansas, said he won’t rule out doing more TV work. He’s been associated with the NFL for 50 years as a player or announcer. Asked if he’s set on retiring, Summerall said: “Absolutely not. I still want to do games. I still want to work with the NFL. I’d love to get back involved in golf in some way. I’d love to do tennis again.” While Summerall called those sports when he was at CBS, he is best known as half of the longest-paired NFL TV duo ever. Summerall’s play-by-play and Madden’s color analysis have complemented each other since they were paired at CBS in 1981. They moved together to Fox in 1994 after that network bought NFL rights. Their Feb. 3 swan song will be Summerall’s 17th Super Bowl broadcast. “I’ll miss standing next to John during the course of a broadcast and watching his antics and enjoying his commentary and trying to react to his commentary,” Summerall said. Summerall, whose Fox contract expires at the end of this season, said he decided two weeks ago to move on. He wanted to make the announcement now so as not to be a distraction during the buildup to the NFL’s championship game. |
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