John Madden is a great sports player, coach and National Football League(NFL)commentator(解说员)．He brought his excitement and 1 for the sport to television audiences(观众) 2 he commentated on a game．John Madden is 3 for his friendly and humorous personality(个性)．He is also known for 4 football as he announces the games．This helps people understand and 5 the sport even more．
In April 2009, John Madden retired 6 an NFL commentator．Madden is 73 years old．He says he wants to 7 more time with his family, 8 his five grandchildren．Madden says to make his decision to retire is really 9 because he loves everything about football．He started as a 10 player, but a wound to his knee in 1958 11 his short career(生涯)．He began his career as a head football 12 in 1969, when he was 13 to lead the Oakland Raiders．He coached the team for about ten years and 14 a big victory in 1977．Two years later, he retired and became a 15 commentator for the NFL．
Madden has commentated on eleven Superbowl(超级杯,美国国家足球联盟的年度冠军赛) 16 during his thirty-year announcing career．He has 17 sixteen Emmy Awards for Outstanding Sports Analyst / Personality on television．His 18 game as a football commentator before he retired was this year's Superbowl in February．John Madden's 19 on the sport of football continues．His video game, "Madden NFL", is the best-selling(畅销的)sports video game in history．It has 20 more than 70,000,000 copies during the last twenty years．
In my third year as a high school athletics coach, I gave a speech telling students and parents about the benefits of football．I gave the same 1 each year, aimin g at recruiting(招收)new team members．I talked about 2 football wasn't just for 3 athletes and how everyone could 4 from it．This year, a 5 looking couple approached me after my speech．They said their son really wanted to play football．They had tried to 6 him out of it, but he had his heart 7 on joining the team．
When they told me his name, my heart sank．Michael was five feet and ten inches tall and weighed about 108 pounds．He was a 8 boy, the constant target of other kids' jokes, and as far as I knew he had never 9 sports．I knew he would never 10 it through football practice, let 11 as a player．But we told them we could give it a try．
On the opening day of practice, Michael was the first player on the field, we did 30 minutes of warming-up 12 starting a one-mile jog around the track．I 13 my eye on Michael．At 50 yards he fell, and I helped him to his feet．“Michael,”I said,“Why don't you just 14 the mile?”He said in tears that he wanted to run with the others, so I let him go on． 15 he fell, but each time 16 himself up．
The same thing happened every day for weeks, and Michael gained strength both 17 and physically．By the last week of practice, Michael could run the mile without falling, we had 18 only one game that season, 19 the team cheered louder for Michael's run than the victory they had, Afterward, Michael approached me, and I told him how 20 I was of him．
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church．The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages．
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought． 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 ．One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key．”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories．My mom knew the true story, 12 ．Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny．
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 ．But my mom announced that we were going home 15 ．At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church．We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church．There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 ：
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night．Happy Easter．
