Dan Patrick
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| Born: | May 15, 1956 Mason, Ohio, USA |
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| Occupation: | Sportscaster |
| Spouse: | Susan |
| Children: | Grace, Georgina, Jack, Mollye |
| Website: | Dan Patrick Show |
Daniel Patrick Pugh (born May 15, 1956), better known as Dan Patrick, is an American sportscaster from Mason, Ohio. He attended the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. As of 2004, he is employed by ESPN as an anchor on their SportsCenter program. He has also hosted The Dan Patrick Show on ESPN Radio since September 13, 1999. Starting on March 19, 2006, he became the host of ABC's then-titled NBA Nation, a pregame show for the network's NBA telecasts. The New York Post and The Big Lead.com reported that Patrick was going to host ESPN's NBA Shootaround for the 2006-07 NBA season, but those reports proved to be false.
For many years, he and Keith Olbermann were arguably ESPN's most recognizable faces. Patrick used the catch phrase "Welcome to the big show" when Olbermann worked with him on SportsCenter. When Olbermann left, Patrick said, "This isn't the big show anymore."[citation needed]
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[edit] Early life
Patrick was a basketball player in high school, becoming an Ohio all-state selection his senior year. While attending college at the University of Dayton, he joined Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
[edit] Prior to ESPN
Prior to working with ESPN, Patrick was a sports anchor/reporter for CNN (1983-89), where his assignments included the World Series, NBA Finals and Winter Olympics. In 1997, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Dayton in Ohio.
[edit] ESPN & beyond
Dan Patrick has become widely recognized for his poignant interviews and dry wit in his role as an ESPN anchor/reporter, primarily on ESPN's 11 p.m. ET SportsCenter. He also reports from major events such as the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals and Final Four, and has called play-by-play for select NCAA basketball telecasts since joining ESPN in March 1989.
Additionally, he serves as host of The Dan Patrick Show weekdays from 1-4 p.m. ET on ESPN Radio, which is carried by more than 600 affiliates nationwide. He also has his own Web page linked off of ESPN.com (espn.go.com/danpatrick) which serves as a vehicle for his musings on the sports world.
In January 2000, Patrick was named the National Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA), making him just the second cable commentator to receive the honor.
Patrick transcended the sports world when he served as guest host of ABC's Good Morning America, Dec. 30-31, 1996, and Jan. 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 McGwire, Barry Sanders, Wayne Gretzky, Larry Bird, Reggie Jackson and Bill Murray.
[edit] Movies
He participated in several television shows, as well as movies such as 1997's The Definite Maybe, 1998's BASEketball, and The Waterboy, all as himself. He also had a cameo appearance in the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock. He also makes a cameo in a poker game in the movie Benchwarmers.
[edit] Commercial spokesperson
Patrick appears in ads for the Wisconsin sub shop chain, Cousins Subs, talking about their 'serious subs' and making fun of their ad agency's attempts at getting their selling message across, and voices radio ads for Consort, a men's hair product line.
[edit] "En fuego"
Patrick told about the following at the ESPN25 Silver Anniversary Spectacular.
In 1994, when calling the highlights for a game in which Marv Albert described Sam Cassell as being "on fire", Dan Patrick said he was "el fuego", which he thought was Spanish for "on fire". A few months later, he received a letter from a Spanish teacher in Pennsylvania suggesting that he say that athletes are "en fuego" (on fire) rather than "el fuego" (the fire). Since then, Patrick has used "en fuego" on certain occasions when a player is said to be "on fire". Note that "en fuego" is an Anglicism in Spanish, since it is a literal translation from English, and other translations would be more fitting, e.g. prendido ("lit" or "fired up").
Dan Patrick has used this phrase twice in music videos:
- In the 1995 Hootie & the Blowfish song "Only Wanna Be With You", where he called the group, who was using their money to purchase several sports teams in the video, "Dare I say they're anything but 'en fuego'."
- In the 2002 Brad Paisley song "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)", with the quote "Brad Paisley, dare I say, 'en fuego'."
Most recently, Dan has appeared in a print advertisement for Swiss watchmaker, Raymond Weil Geneva.
[edit] Trivia
- He passed up watching Villanova's legendary upset of Georgetown in the NCAA men's basketball title game for his first date with his future wife. (Playboy 20 Questions, January 2002)
- During the 2006 NBA Draft, Patrick said jokingly that NBA commissioner David Stern was playing peek-a-boo with the anticipating crowd and panel. He later added that he liked NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue more than Stern (also a joke).
- Was an Ohio All-State basketball selection as a high school senior.
- Admitted to an error in his usage of the Spanish phrase "el fuego" on the air. He had been trying to coin his eventual catch phrase "Dare I say, en fuego" but had mistakenly used el fuego - which is "the fire" rather than the intended "on fire." He was notifed of the mistake in a letter from a high school Spanish teacher.
- Patrick is the Mason High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
- Patrick not only starred on the basketball court, but was a highly thought of baseball player and scouted by the Cincinnati Reds.
- Is a fan of Howard Stern and was in attendance at the roasting of Stern's longtime producer, Gary Dell'Abate on October 26, 2006.
- Was the on-air victim of Howard Stern show phone prankster Captain Janks when Janks impersonated infamous Chicago Cubs fan Steve Bartman who possibly kept the Cubs from reaching the World Series by catching a foul ball that was still in play.
[edit] External links
- ESPNradio website
- Cousins Subs website (with video of Patrick's ads for the chain)
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