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The "Madden NFL" video game franchise promoted by legendary NFL coach John Madden "dehumanized black athletes" and helped create a digital "plantation," a college professor claimed this week.

The Dallas College history professor later blocked his Twitter account but still drew backlash on social media.

There's only one John Madden. Art Shell remembers his coach and friend. pic.twitter.com/TlcE09itbk— SiriusXM NFL Radio (@SiriusXMNFL) December 29, 2021 In August of 1983 while working on the...

Madden gained fame in a decade-long stint as the coach of the renegade Oakland Raiders, making it to seven AFC title games and winning the Super Bowl following the 1976 season. He compiled a 103-32-7 regular-season record, and his .759 winning percentage is the best among NFL coaches with more than 100 games.

Madden gained fame in a decade-long stint as the coach of the renegade Oakland Raiders, making it to seven AFC title games and winning the Super Bowl following the 1976 season. He compiled a 103-32-7 regular-season record, and his .759 winning percentage is the best among NFL coaches with more than 100 games.

The famed coach and broadcaster was also the name behind the hugely popular sports video game, “Madden NFL Football.”

Madden's exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades. The league says he died unexpectedly on Tuesday morning and did not provide a cause.

"There will never be another John Madden, and we will forever be indebted to him for all he did to make football and the NFL what it is today," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement.

Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster John Madden, whose exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades, has died, the NFL said.

The famed coach and broadcaster was also the name behind the hugely popular sports video game, “Madden NFL Football.”