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2010-11 Minnesota Wild Season Preview: Hard Work Lies Ahead

Last season was not what Todd Richards wanted or expected. "Our goal at the start of the year was to make the playoffs, it's a little bit disappointing," Richards said. The Wild finished 13th in the Western Conference a year ago and 22nd in the NHL, going 38-36-8. After a disastrous 3-9 start set the team back, they had...

John Madden Signs With Wild

Minnesota Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher has spent most of his offseason restructuring his team's depth down the middle, not only by locking up the club's franchise player, Mikko Koivu, to a seven-year extension, but also by adding Matt Cullen via free agency. He continued to add to Minnesota's center position on...

Don Coryell, NFL Coaching Legend, Dies at Age 85

Don Coryell, the legendary St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Chargers head coach and architect of one of the greatest passing games in NFL history, died Thursday afternoon following a lengthy illness. He was 85. Coryell's family told the Chargers organization that he died at 3:15 p.m. PDT at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La...

Forget History, Game 3 a Must for Flyers

PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Flyers must win Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final. Pretending otherwise, or relying on recent history, would be an act of kidding oneself. "Yeah," acknowledged Peter Laviolette this morning after his team's workout at Wachovia Center. "It's a must-win." The Flyers head coach went on to say...

Former USC, NFL Coach John Robinson Is Going Back to the Basics

The one shared national title, four Rose Bowl victories and two trips to the NFC Championship game are wonderful accomplishments and memories. Yet, John Robinson -- at 74 years young -- is too busy to reminisce. Robinson, the former USC and Los Angeles Rams coach, has returned to the sidelines after a six-year hiatus. He...

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Calvin Johnson is the Madden NFL 13 cover athlete

Once again, the cover of a Madden NFL game is misleading, prominently featuring a person who is not John Madden.

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05/27/12 John Madden travels in comfort, May 27, 1987 Source: San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA Items have been culled from The Chronicle's archives of 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago.
05/25/12 Hewlett-Packard embarks on multiyear restructuring... Source: EDN Asia Hewlett-Packard (HP) CEO Meg Whitman recently outlined the company's multiyear "productivity initiative" designed to simplify business processes, advance innovation and deliver better results for shareholders.
05/24/12 'Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' scores with top-notch... Source: The Fresno Bee - Fresno CA Having the hotel as the central focus for the group allows Madden to bring some stories to the forefront while others move to the back.
05/23/12 Madden not returning as Alamo boys bball coach Source: Alamogordo Daily News - Alamogordo NM Alamogordo Public Schools athletic director Lawrence Johnson has confirmed that John Madden will not return as head coach of the Alamogordo boys basketball team.
05/23/12 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Source: The Bulletin - Bend OR A comedy-drama saved by the casting bell, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" arranges for a tiptop collection of British character women and men to bring out the best in a pleasantly predictable story.

Background on John Madden

John Earl Madden (born April 10, 1936) is a former American professional football player in the National Football League, a former Super Bowl-winning head coach with the Oakland Raiders in the American Football League and later the NFL, and a former color commentator for NFL telecasts.

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