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Olbermann, Patrick reunite for "Football Night"

Published: July 8, 2008 - 7:58 AM

Former ESPN stars Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick will reunite in September to call highlights for NBC's "Football Night in America" on Sundays.

Olbermann and Patrick are legendary in sports TV for the 5-1/2 years they co-hosted ESPN's signature "SportsCenter," or as they called it back then "The Big Show." It's been 11 years since they were together on TV, with Olbermann leaving for Fox Sports and eventually MSNBC. Patrick left ESPN last year and has been doing a daily sports talk show for Sports Illustrated.

Patrick's deal with NBC Sports includes working on "Football Night in America" and the years that the network has the Super Bowl, as well as covering the Olympics beginning in 2010. Patrick is contractually prevented from working on NFL telecasts and the Olympics in Beijing for a year. NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol had spoken a year ago to ESPN execs about Patrick, and it seemed to be OK.

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Comments (4)

How is Dan Patrick going to... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by moseby | July 8, 2008 9:09 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

moseby:

How is Dan Patrick going to stand being around a pile of shit all day?

1. Posted by moseby | July 8, 2008 9:09 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Posted on July 8, 2008 09:09

Nice look there, Olbermann.... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by God | July 8, 2008 2:24 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)

God:

Nice look there, Olbermann. How about a Special Commment on tomorrow's Countdown regarding how much cock and balls you tickled with that homo porn stache!

2. Posted by God | July 8, 2008 2:24 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)

Posted on July 8, 2008 14:24

As much as his political co... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by Jayemay | July 8, 2008 6:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Jayemay:

As much as his political coverage is laughable/infuriating. Olberman has always been a great sportscaster. Hopefully he sticks to that.

3. Posted by Jayemay | July 8, 2008 6:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Posted on July 8, 2008 18:23

It's an election year, who ... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by Imhotep | July 8, 2008 7:00 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Imhotep:

It's an election year, who does NBC think they are kidding? Olberman sticking to sports and no politics.....please!?!