For those of you sitting around pining for the golden age of "SportsCenter," some good news via the New York Times' Richard Sandomir: the band's getting back together ... on NBC!
Dan Patrick, who left ESPN last year to create his own syndicated radio program and write a column for Sports Illustrated, will join NBC Sports where he will be reunited with Keith Olbermann to call the N.F.L. highlights on "Football Night in America."Olbermann left ESPN in 1997 amid some controversy, but he's now arguably more popular than ever after emerging as MSNBC's left-of-center answer to Fox News' "fair and balanced" political coverage.
Anyway, according to Sandomir, "NBC is looking to recreate the chemistry and quirky humor that Patrick and Olbermann demonstrated when they were co-anchors on ESPN's 'SportsCenter,' which they dubbed 'The Big Show.'"
Olbermann was with the "Football Night in America" crew last season serving as something of a social commentator (you may remember him from such forgettable segments as, "Michael Vick, Not Michael Victim"). Whatever, I welcome the change, if for no other reason than a) I grew up watching Patrick and Olbermann, and b) less Bob Costas for everyone!
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7-07-2008 @ 4:36PM
cfb expert said...
lol nbc is extremely hard up. keith olberbite? hell that guy couldnt tell you yesterdays winners. only subject he knows less about football than is politics. he isnt a very good answer for fox oreilly. oreilly smokes him like a cheap cigar. i have to ask is that tiki barber in the pic? you know the guy who took all the glory for the giants then bashed them and stated they were finished since he wasnt there to carry them. yea they looked finished especially with that superbowl title.....oh by the way tiki how many superbowl rings do you have? lol ran his mouth like the illiterate he is then ate crow as the giants a much improved team without him won the ultimate prize.
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7-07-2008 @ 5:43PM
grapevinesooner said...
I tuned out of FNIA because of Olby last year.
Looks like I'll be repeating my individual embargo, again, this year.
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7-07-2008 @ 6:00PM
al coholic said...
Keith Olberman is more popular than ever? Oh, I remember now...Ryan Wilson is the king of satire.
Olberman cetainly didn't distinguish himself last year on NBC. He stumbled badly over his poorly written, ill thought out, unfunny juvenile humor.
Funny thing is he used to be a lot better, back when he didn't take himself so seriously or think that he is a political pundit.
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7-07-2008 @ 6:05PM
ryan said...
Al,
By "popular", I mean "more recognizable." Yeah, I can buy that not everybody loves his MSNBC shtick (or his NFL/NBC shtick), but he's certainly more better known now than when he left ESPN.
But I take your point.
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7-08-2008 @ 3:01AM
mw said...
Olbermann brought back to be a sports caster is enough to make you miss the SB with your team favored to win if he has a mic and the camera is on him.
Man he makes your skin crawl
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7-09-2008 @ 11:25PM
JJCook said...
Ryan Wilson is a moron. I read a few of his pieces a while back and this latest piece of garbage confirms it. Won't be reading this clown's stuff again.... Keith Ubermoron is the "worst person in the world" and lacks class, style and depth..... sounds like Ryan Wilson to me.
No wonder Wilson is an Olbermann butt-sniffer.
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7-10-2008 @ 8:17AM
mneymvn said...
I passed on Football Night in America last year precisely because of Olbermann. NBC was trying to force this guy down our throats because O'Reilly was having him for lunch on cable news and NBC- in it's ever left thinking- decided to promote Olbermann even more via "sports" exposure.
Once again, I won't be watching this show. The raings are in the tank, but that never stopped NBC before.
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