THE DAN PATRICK SHOW
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Dan Patrick left an indelible mark at ESPN for his poignant interviews and dry wit as a reporter, anchor and radio talk show host at the "Worldwide Leader in Sports." Patrick regularly filed reports and anchored coverage at the NFL's Super Bowl, MLB's World Series, NBA Finals and the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four. Patrick served as the primary host of "ESPN SportsCentury," the network's 30-minute weekly series profiling the 50 greatest North American athletes of the 20th century.
Patrick recently left "The Dan Patrick Show," which was heard weekdays on ESPN radio and carried by more than 325 affiliates nationwide since 1999. In May 2000, Patrick released a book entitled "Outtakes," which was based on his no-holds-barred question-and-answer interviews in ESPN The Magazine. In January 2000, the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association named Patrick the National Sportscaster of the Year. He's only the second cable commentator to receive this honor.
Patrick transcended the sports world when he served as guest host of ABC's Good Morning America, December 30-31, 1996, and January 1, 1997. In 1998, he received a Sports Emmy Award in the Studio Host category.
Patrick's reports feature astute knowledge, a dry sense of humor and his unique perspective as well as a style which provides a "comfort zone" for his co-host. He received a CableACE Award in 1997 for his work on SportsCenter.
Some of Patrick's finer moments have appeared on SportsCenter's Sunday Conversation, ESPN's in-depth interview segment, where he has brought out the best in many of sports' premier personalities - including Michael Jordan, Mark McGuire, Barry Sanders, Wayne Gretzky, Larry Bird, Reggie Jackson and Bill Murray.
Prior to working with ESPN, Patrick was a sports anchor/reporter for CNN (1983-89), where his assignments including the World Series, NBA Finals and Winter Olympics. In 1997, he received Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Dayton in Ohio.
Patrick received a bachelor of arts degree in broadcasting from the University of Dayton.
Patrick recently left "The Dan Patrick Show," which was heard weekdays on ESPN radio and carried by more than 325 affiliates nationwide since 1999. In May 2000, Patrick released a book entitled "Outtakes," which was based on his no-holds-barred question-and-answer interviews in ESPN The Magazine. In January 2000, the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association named Patrick the National Sportscaster of the Year. He's only the second cable commentator to receive this honor.
Patrick transcended the sports world when he served as guest host of ABC's Good Morning America, December 30-31, 1996, and January 1, 1997. In 1998, he received a Sports Emmy Award in the Studio Host category.
Patrick's reports feature astute knowledge, a dry sense of humor and his unique perspective as well as a style which provides a "comfort zone" for his co-host. He received a CableACE Award in 1997 for his work on SportsCenter.
Some of Patrick's finer moments have appeared on SportsCenter's Sunday Conversation, ESPN's in-depth interview segment, where he has brought out the best in many of sports' premier personalities - including Michael Jordan, Mark McGuire, Barry Sanders, Wayne Gretzky, Larry Bird, Reggie Jackson and Bill Murray.
Prior to working with ESPN, Patrick was a sports anchor/reporter for CNN (1983-89), where his assignments including the World Series, NBA Finals and Winter Olympics. In 1997, he received Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Dayton in Ohio.
Patrick received a bachelor of arts degree in broadcasting from the University of Dayton.
Dan Patrick's Show Crew
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Executive Producer
Paul Pabst
College: Southern Illinois
Professional Experience: Pro Football Weekly, CBS Sports, ESPN
Odd Jobs: Paper boy, DJ at country/western bar
Favorite Teams: Chicago Cubs, Liverpool FC, Yale football
Greatest Athletic Achievement: The first year of grade-school football, I was riding the pine. We were on defense and we had only 10 men on the field, some kid forgot to go out on D. I ran on the field right before the play started and made the tackle. The coach told me to stay in the game because he was mad at the kid who forgot to go in. I started from then on. I still stunk, but I was like Clint Longley when the Cowboys' Roger Staubach went down ... but I didn't punch out Roger the Dodger to end my career.
Sports Heroes: Walter Payton (He didn't showboat and played hard every week). Also Tony Hawk for making a street sport mainstream -- he gets ripped by skateboarders but he revolutionized sports.
Favorite TV shows: The Shield, Deadliest Catch, Friday Night Lights.
Executive Producer
Todd Fritz
College: New York University Professional
Experience: WFAN (New York), KMPC (Los Angeles), Los Angeles Rams broadcasts, ESPN
Odd Jobs: Camp counselor
Favorite Teams: Denver Broncos, Houston Astros
Greatest Athletic Achievement: Once struck out 18 batters in a six-inning little league game. My team still lost 3-1 due to errors and walks.
Sports Heroes: John Elway and Nolan Ryan
Favorite TV shows: The Honeymooners, The Twilight Zone, All In The Family, Friday Night Lights, Saturday Night Live, Super Nanny
Producer
Patrick "Seton" O'Connor
College: West Virginia Professional Experience: Hartford radio, ESPN
Odd Jobs: Security guard, flower delivery person, Postal worker
Favorite Teams: Notre Dame, Seton Hall, and the New York Yankees
Greatest Athletic Achievement: My first year of Little League, city championship, I played for underdog Sanitary Fuel, taking on the heavily favored Progressive Firehouse. Bottom of the seventh, which is the last inning in LL, one out, bases loaded, we were up by one. I was playing left field and caught a towering fly ball (it seemed to hang in the air for hours) hit by Kirk Asterita and threw it in to second to turn two. Game over. When seeing the ball hit in my direction, my father was quoted as saying "Oh Sh**." The city newspaper recapped the game the next day, saying "O'Connor, who hadn't caught a ball all season ... " My big defense over the years has been that I didn't have any balls hit to me.
Sports Heroes: Muhammad Ali, Tony Hawk, Steve Balboni
Favorite TV shows: MSNBC, Cash Cab, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, Law and Order
Blogger
Andrew "McLovin'" Perloff
College: Dartmouth College
Professional Experience: Fox Sports, MLB.com, NFL, SI.com
Odd Jobs: Butcher's assistant, flower delivery person, grocery clerk
Favorite Teams: Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia 76ers
Greatest Athletic Achievement: Named MVP of Southeastern Pa. JCC (Jewish Community Center) 1982 Little League season. To be fair, I was one of few players in league who didn't have to worry about losing his yarmulke when running the bases.
Sports Heroes: Randall Cunningham, Julius Erving, Mike Schmidt
Favorite TV shows: Simpsons, Larry Sanders Show, Flight of Conchords
Photos
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Dan Patrick Rings The Bell To Close The New York Stock Exchange
You can see the video New York Stock Exchange Web site. A great time was had by all. We'll have more photos and my version of the events in blog form coming later tonight.
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Rick Neuheisel: Bruins Not Looking Forward To Tennessee
UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel joined the show to discuss passion buckets and more.
-- Neuheisel pointed out that Dan brings up Pete Carroll every time he talks to him. Dan promised he won't mention USC once in their next interview.
-- Neuheisel said they have plenty to be concerned about heading into San Diego State and the Bruins wouldn't look forward to Tennessee, who they are playing the following week. Neuheisel said they're too inexperienced.
"We have eight true freshman tha are going to play in the game and probably seven to eight redshirt freshman playing," Neuheisel said.
-- Neuheisel commented on allegations against Michigan that the program made players practice too hard. Neuheisel said it's hard to define.
"What is voluntary and what is expected is a matter of semantics," Neuheisel said.
-- Neuheisel had some interesting comments on playing freshmen. Neuheisel said the guys on the bench don't get that much coaching anyway, so freshmen aren't that far behind.
-- Neuheisel quizzed Dan about the in-studio Passion Bucket. As you can see in the photo, it's a big part of the studio.
