Dan Patrick is leaving ESPN after 18 years, insisting there is no acrimony but saying he was beginning to take his job for granted.Full story here.
The former SportsCenter anchor announced his decision on his radio show Monday and said his final show will be Aug. 17. Patrick said he hoped to continue working in radio but wasn't sure if he would do any more television.
"It's been home, but I think I was starting to take it for granted, and I did not want to do that," Patrick said on the air. "I did not think that was fair to these great people." Patrick said ESPN executives tried to talk him out of his decision.
He originally planned to make the announcement last week, but they asked him to reconsider.
"If there was animosity, I wouldn't be doing radio shows after this one today," he said.
I haven't paid as much attention to the network since realizing I don't really care that much about sports, but he's still one of the most recognizable faces/voices the network will ever have, and he and Olberman really made SportsCenter entertaining for a while there.
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