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Olbermann, Patrick Back Together For Sports

Reuniting one of the more memorable duos from cabledom, Dan Patrick will be joined by Keith Olbermann on NBC. The two shared anchor duties on ESPN's "SportsCenter" in the 1990s and have been hired to co-host NBC's Sunday night NFL game pre-game studio show.

"Dan and Keith were more than successful together, they defined the way that sports highlights are now delivered," says Dick Ebersol, NBC Sports chairman.

Sports Illustrated columnist Patrick was an anchor on ESPN's "SportsCenter" and reported all the major professional sports' events from 1980 to 2006. The rest of the "NFL Sunday Night Football" team consists of host Bob Costas, co-host Cris Collinsworth, analysts Jerome Bettis and Tiki Barber, and reporter Peter King.

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