Mike Patrick, the longtime sports broadcaster whose varied career included calling the first regular-season NFL game ever broadcast on ESPN, died on Sunday, according to a report by ESPN. He was 80.
Patrick died of natural causes in his Fairfax, Va., home, a local funeral home told ESPN. Patrick, who spent more than 36 years with ESPN, got his start with the network as a play-by-play broadcaster in 1982. Over the decades, he was heard calling a wide range of sports, including the NFL, college football, basketball and baseball, and events like the women’s Final Four and the College World…
Patrick died of natural causes in his Fairfax, Va., home, a local funeral home told ESPN. Patrick, who spent more than 36 years with ESPN, got his start with the network as a play-by-play broadcaster in 1982. Over the decades, he was heard calling a wide range of sports, including the NFL, college football, basketball and baseball, and events like the women’s Final Four and the College World…
