The versatile play-by-play man was a George Washington University alum and spent several years at D.C. station WJLA before joining ESPN in 1982.

Mike Patrick, who voiced decades of NFL coverage for ESPN along with college football, basketball, and baseball, has passed away.

BRISTOL. Conn. — Mike Patrick, ESPN’s first play-by-play announcer for its NFL coverage, has died. He was 80. Patrick’s physician and longtime friend sent a text to friends of the longtime ...

Mike Patrick, who spent 36 years as a play-by-play commentator for ESPN and was the network's first NFL voice for "Sunday Night Football," has died at age 80.

Mike Patrick, a longtime ESPN sports broadcaster known for being the voice of Sunday Night Football from 1987 to 2005, died on April 20 at the age of 80.

Mike Patrick, the longtime ESPN announcer, died on Easter Sunday, April 20. The longtime ESPN announcer, who called everything from college football to college basketball to Sunday Night Football, ...

Mike Patrick, ESPN's first play-by-play announcer for its NFL coverage, has died. He was 80. Patrick's physician and longtime friend sent a text to friends of the longtime announcer that Patrick ...

He was 80 years old. Patrick called his first game for ESPN in 1982 and retired following the AutoZone Liberty Bowl on Dec. 30, 2017. Patrick led ESPN's Sunday Night Football cove ...