Word: maddened
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...sports telecasts is unchallengable. There is no doubt that people take more notice when they are infuriated, and Cosell's inanities on Monday Night Football did a lot of infuriating. But by directing backhanded slaps at everybody from Gifford and Meredith to CBS color commentator and football God John Madden, Cosell undermines his own credibility. He is not, as he would have it, the only redeeming person in the entire sports world. And while his Sportsbeat show is critically acclaimed, it is not popularly accepted. Cosell has failed to realize that Americans want their sports on the playing field...
Split ends Mike Madden, Joe Connolly and Chuck Shirey all tallied the first receptions of their Harvard careers in the game, and tight end Jim Morris registered his first touchdown catch in the Crimson's come-from-behind effort...
...Madden never moved. He waited patiently on the Brown nine for the ball to complete its gyrations...
Finally, the pirouetting pigskin plopped safely into Madden's hands...
...when opportunity knocked, the Crimson, like Madden, was ready...