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John Madden, the guy some of you know only from commercials or Frank Caliendo impressions, is actually a big-time sports announcer. Today, Madden callled it quits. The legendary Raiders coach-turned-football announcer explained his reason for quitting to NBC: "It’s time. I’m 73 years old. My 50th wedding anniversary is this fall. I have two great sons and their families and my five grandchildren are at an age now when they know when I’m home and, more importantly, when I’m not." See you on the golf course, John.

This is the game that John Madden has been gerly awaiting. A matchup of two classically built, smashmouth NFL franchises in a cold weather playoff game.

All this kafuffle over the Patriot's version of sex, lies, and videotape can only remind us of one thing-- the Greatness of the Raidahs. What other football team is so synonymous with cheating? It's part of their legend, their mystique, their je ne sais quoi. Hell, even Lisa Simpson even knows this. Or, as John Madden put it: "everybody says the Raiders cheat...OK, we cheat. So, what are you going to do about it?"

We realized that we were living our rock and roll fantasy when we started getting chances to write about zombie movies. (What can we say? We're a simple person, and we have simple needs.) Things got even better when we got to start talking or emailing with directors of said zombie movies -- like Matthew Leutwyler, Bay Area native and director of , a zombie film with musical interludes by Continue reading "Interview: Matthew Leutwyler"