ESPN Host Mark Madden Fired for Kennedy Assassination Comment

ESPN Radio 1250 host has been fired for derogatory comments made on the air after reports thathad been hospitalized for a malignant brain tumor.

"I'm very disappointed to hear that Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts is near death because of a brain tumor," Madden said during his show on May 21. "I always hoped Sen. Kennedy would live long enough to be assassinated. I wonder if he got a card from the Kopechnes."

Mary Jo Kopechne was a Kennedy aid who drowned after the car she was riding in, driven by Sen. Kennedy, plunged into the water. Kennedy left the scene and waited 10 hours before calling police.

Madden has been fired from several other jobs in the past for crude, sexist and homophobic remarks.