{"id":32178,"date":"2022-06-01T15:26:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T15:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/john-madden-to-grace-cover-of-latest-ea-sports-game\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T15:26:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T15:26:10","slug":"john-madden-to-grace-cover-of-latest-ea-sports-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/john-madden-to-grace-cover-of-latest-ea-sports-game\/","title":{"rendered":"John Madden to grace cover of latest EA Sports game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Legendary coach and broadcaster John Madden will grace the cover of Madden NFL 23, the popular football video game, Electronic Arts announced Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden, who coached the Raiders for 10 seasons and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006, died in December at age 85.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He graced or shared the cover of the first 13 editions of the game, before Tennessee Titans running back Eddie George became the first athlete to get a solo cover in 2001.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;As someone who grew up loving football, playing in the suburbs of West Philly, it&#8217;s a full-circle moment to now be able to contribute to the culture of the sport by honoring an icon like John Madden, who has influenced generations of football fans through his passion for football and unmistakable energy, through my art, \u201dsaid Chuck Styles, the artist who created the Madden NFL 23 cover.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">NFL NEWSLETTER:<\/strong>Sign up now for exclusive content sent to your inbox<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">A NEW ERA:<\/strong>Inside Vikings&#8217; quest for &#8216;less predictable&#8217; offense, starting with new coach&#8217;s&#8217; why &#8216;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Since the first edition hit stores June 1, 1988, the franchise has sold more than 130 million copies and generated more than $ 4 billion, according to EA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">When it is released in stores later this summer, the game will feature two versions of coach Madden leading opposing teams of \u201cAll Madden\u201d athletes facing off in the old Oakland Coliseum.  Also, his voice by him will return to the franchise in remastered audio clips from his days by him as an award-winning broadcaster.  More game features involving Madden will be released in a few weeks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Electronic Arts also announced it is committing $ 2.5 million to the John Madden Legacy Commitment to Education, a cause for which Madden was deeply committed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img gnt_em_img__inset\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Madden cover athletes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">John Madden Football (1988) &#8211; Madden NFL &#8217;94: John Madden<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL &#8217;95: John Madden, Erik Williams, Karl Wilson<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL &#8217;96: John Madden<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 97 &#8211; John Madden, Cary Brabham, Gordon Laro<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 98: John Madden, Garrison Hearst<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 99: John Madden<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 2000: John Madden, Barry Sanders<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 2001: Eddie George<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 2002: Daunte Culpepper<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 2003: Marshall Faulk<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 2004: Michael Vick<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 2005: Ray Lewis<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 06: Donovan McNabb<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 07: Shaun Alexander<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 08: Vince Young<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 09: Brett Favre<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 10: Troy Polamalu, Larry Fitzgerald<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 11: Drew Brees<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 12: Peyton Hillis<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 13: Calvin Johnson<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 25 (2014): Barry Sanders, Adrian Peterson<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 15: Richard Sherman<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 16: Odell Beckham Jr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 17: Rob Gronkowski<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 18: Tom Brady<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 19: Antonio Brown<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 20: Patrick Mahomes<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 21: Lamar Jackson<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 22: Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Madden NFL 23: John Madden<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary coach and broadcaster John Madden will grace the cover of Madden NFL 23, the popular football video game, Electronic Arts announced Wednesday. Madden, who coached the Raiders for 10 seasons and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006, died in December at age 85. He graced or shared the cover &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/john-madden-to-grace-cover-of-latest-ea-sports-game\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">John Madden to grace cover of latest EA Sports game<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/06\/01\/USAT\/ec1b5549-b71c-4bc1-983a-ef621031ddfa-EAS_MADDEN23_GEN5_AME_KeyArt_Vert.jpg?width=300&height=408&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}