ESPN Radio 1250 host Mark Madden has been fired for derogatory comments made on the air after reports that Sen. Edward Kennedy had been hospitalized for a malignant brain tumor.
“I’m very disappointed to hear that Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts is near death because of a brain tumor,” Madden said during his show on May 21. “I always hoped Sen. Kennedy would live long enough to be assassinated. I wonder if he got a card from the Kopechnes.”
Mary Jo Kopechne was a Kennedy aid who drowned after the car she was riding in, driven by Sen. Kennedy, plunged into the water. Kennedy left the scene and waited 10 hours before calling police.
Madden has been fired from several other jobs in the past for crude, sexist and homophobic remarks.
http://bittenandbound.com/2008/05/28/espn-host-mark-madden-fired/
Oliver Bonas
WTF?!?! That is so wrong!
1he deserve to be fired.
2what a horrible thing to say about anyone.
no, i am from pittsburgh and if these people listened to his show for 1 HOUR, they would know he says ridiculous things all the time. i agree he should be reprimanded, but fired? NO. he was the victim of a witch hunt by another Pittsburgh sports writer by the name of Bob Smizik.
3This vile, slovenly, uncouth vermin got away with much much more than he got fired for. He was about to escape from this also until the newspaper wrote what he said. The aftermath was too mucn for ESPN, who tolerated the most foulmouthed, despicable pig in Pittsburgh radio history. He called Myron Cope a drunk dozens of times, he ridiculed anyone who wouldnt do an interview with him, told callers he didnt like, that he had sex with their mother last night, He constantly hung up on callers after calling them losers, He would have segments on porn stars and their specialties, even had the women on air at times, slandered many icons, was very racist, he would often tell black callers to go sell crack in Homewood (a black neighborhood). He despised women. If they called, he would ridicule them call them "toots" and hang up on them. He never once in years, mentioned a woman he dated or a fiance. Never said, my girl and I saw this movie last night….etc. He often talked about oiled up 1/2 naked wrestlers, strip clubs and living with mom into his 40s. You do the math here. He should have been fired years ago. All ESPN cared about was money. Good ridence Madden..you fat scumbag.
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