{"id":1397912,"date":"2021-08-11T20:10:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T00:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1397912"},"modified":"2021-08-11T20:10:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T00:10:38","slug":"dan-patrick-owes-espn-success-network-being-unable-control-chris-berman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/dan-patrick-owes-espn-success-network-being-unable-control-chris-berman\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Patrick Owes His ESPN Success to the Network Being Unable to Control Chris Berman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When Scott Van Pelt launched a revamped SportsCenter<\/em> on ESPN<\/a> in September 2015, he made Dan Patrick<\/a> his first guest. Patrick and Keith Olbermann<\/a> turned the network\u2019s cornerstone show into something special a generation earlier with smart, funny writing. Their style was anathema to what the executives wanted SportsCenter<\/a><\/em> to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than two decades later, Patrick has explained what inspired the pair to flip the show from milquetoast to must-see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dan Patrick logged one of the longest runs as an ESPN \u2018SportsCenter\u2019 host<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dan Patrick enjoyed long rides at ESPN and NBC before deciding in 2018 to focus on his daily radio show. | Mike Ehrmann\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Patrick has enjoyed a long and successful career in broadcasting following his graduation from the University of Dayton. He came to sports fans\u2019 attention as a <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SportsCenter<\/em> anchor, a grinding job because of the nightly deadline pressure of wrapping up the scores and news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patrick lasted there from 1989 to 2006, and his long-running partnership with Olbermann made SportsCenter<\/em> the show of choice for man sports fans. They were talented writers who knew when to play it straight and when to have fun with highlight recaps by injecting cultural references, however obscure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patrick also hosted a radio show in his later years at ESPN before leaving to launch his own syndicated radio program. He moved up a notch on the TV side by signing with NBC in 2008 to co-host Football Night in America<\/em> on Sundays and handle studio duties during Olympic coverage. He left in 2018 to concentrate on his radio show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann followed Chris Berman\u2019s lead<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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