Bill Madden is an American sportswriter formerly with the New York Daily News.  A member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, he has served on the Historical Overview Committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005, 2007 and 2008, helping to select candidates for the final ballots presented to the Veterans Committee.  In 2010, Madden was the recipient of the baseball scribe's highest honor, the J.G. Taylor Spink Award.  Madden grew up in Oradell, New Jersey, and graduated from Bergen Catholic High School.  Madden was a sportswriter with United Press International for nine years before he joined the Daily News in 1978.  He covered the New York Yankees before becoming a columnist in 1989.  In 1990, he crossed picket lines while the Daily News writers were on strike.  Madden grew up in Oradell, New Jersey, and graduated from Bergen Catholic High School.