Mark Madden Fired by ESPN for Ted Kennedy Comments

ESPN host Mark Madden has been fired after making insensitive comments about Ted Kennedy. (Wikimedia Photo)"]

Pittsburgh-area sports radio host Mark Madden is an idiot. And it looks like ESPN has figured that out.

He's been fired by ESPN radio for saying that he hoped Senator Ted Kennedy "would live long enough to be assassinated."

"I'm very disappointed to hear that Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts is near death because of a brain tumor. I always hoped Senator Kennedy would live long enough to be assassinated," Madden said on his ESPN Radio 1250 talk show, according to the Post-Gazette.

Kennedy was diagnosed with a severe brain tumor last week.

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