Bill Patrick (born November 12, 1955 in Columbus, Ohio) is a sports anchor for The NHL on Versus and NBC Sports.

Sports broadcasting career

Bill Patrick worked for USA from 1998 through 2006 as host of the U.S. Open and PGA Tour. He also did play-by-play and reporting for USA's PGA Tour coverage.

He has covered every major sporting event during his 25-year broadcasting career, including all four major championships in professional golf, the U.S. Open, Wimbledon, The Davis Cup, The World Series, the Super Bowl, the NBA playoffs, the Stanley Cup playoffs, and the America's Cup.

From 2003-2004 he co-hosted College Football Sunday with Mike Mayock on the NFL Network. He hosted SportsCenter and Baseball Tonight from 1990-1998 on ESPN.

In 2007, Patrick was named host of the Hockey Central Post Game Report as part of the studio show for The NHL On Versus. He also hosts the pre- and post-game shows for NBC's coverage of Notre Dame American football, as well as studio updates during some of NBC's other sports programming.

Patrick will also host 2008 Olympic coverage on MSNBC.

Other appearances

He also made two guest appearances on the ABC sitcom Spin City.

References

External links

• Profile at USA Network