
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, January 25, 1994                   TAG: 9401250182
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: NEW YORK                                LENGTH: Medium

MADDEN, SUMMERALL REUNITED

John Madden and Pat Summerall, together again. It's like they were never apart.

"I worked with Pat for so long, I couldn't see myself working with anybody else," Madden said.

On Monday, the day after they broadcast their last game for CBS, Fox announced that it had signed Madden to a four-year contract as its lead football analyst. He will be paid a reported $32 million, or about $365,000 a game.

"John is not only someone Fox wanted, but needed," Fox Sports president David Hill said. "John Madden is the heartbeat of football."

At the same time, a source close to the network confirmed that Summerall, Madden's broadcast partner for 13 years and a 33-year CBS veteran, also has signed a four-year contract with Fox.

Summerall made in excess of $1.5 million a year at CBS, and his four-year Fox deal is expected to be worth about the same. Summerall's signing took place "some weeks ago," the source said, and will be announced at a future date.

The same source said Ed Goren, senior producer at CBS, also would join Fox as its executive producer. Also expected to make the move from CBS to Fox are producer Bob Stenner and director Sandy Grossman, who worked with Madden and Summerall.

Hill would not comment on future hires, saying: "This is John's day, and I would prefer to keep it that way.

CBS, the original network of the NFL, has been televising league games since 1956. last month it lost the bidding for the NFC portion of the contract to Fox, which will pay $1.58 billion over four years.

Madden said that a chance to continue working NFC games played a part in his decision along with the potential of working with Summerall and other past associates.

For Summerall, 63, the move is a little trickier. Summerall has been CBS' lead golf announcer for 25 years and also has been the network's anchor at U.S. Open tennis the past 19 years. He signed a new four-year contract with CBS last year.

Summerall said last month, however, there is a clause in his contract that would allow him to leave CBS under circumstances such as these.

by CNB