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WATCH: Dan Patrick, Keith Olbermann reunite for a nostalgic edition of SportsCenter
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Guest hosting in Scott Van Pelt’s usual time slot, SportsCenter viewers got a blast from the past when Dan Patrick and Kieth Olbermann reunited for the 11:00PM ET edition on Friday.
With ESPN celebrating their 40th anniversary on Saturday, the network decided to turn back to one of their most iconic pairings.
Van Pelt shared the following photo:
Tonight only…..it’s a Big Show. 11 Eastern. pic.twitter.com/bnKKuAdaUH
— Scott Van Pelt (@notthefakeSVP) September 7, 2019
Coining the phrase, “The Big Show,” Patrick and Olbermann hosted the show together from 1992-97.
Synonymous with the network itself, Patrick joined ESPN in 1989 and left the company in 2007. In addition to hosting SportsCenter for 17 years, he hosted “The Dan Patrick Show” on ESPN Radio for eight years. Since 2008, Patrick has worked for NBC Sports.
Olbermann originally joined ESPN in 1992, and left the network for the first time in 1999 to join FOX Sports Net. Expanding into news and political journalism, he rejoined ESPN for the third time in 2018.
A graduate of Bowling Green State University, Teddy Rydquist has been contributing to Saturday Down South and Saturday Tradition since 2019. In addition to his work here, he has covered the Michigan Wolverines for GBMWolverine and Wolverine Digest. He can be found on Twitter @TeddyRydquist.
