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Dan Patrick on ESPN Departure: 'I Stayed Three Years Too Long': TRAINA THOUGHTS

1. Legendary sports broadcaster Dan Patrick opened up about several topics on the most recent episode of the SI Media Podcast, including his departure from ESPN in 2007.

"I stayed three years longer than I should've have because I wasn't getting better. I was there 18 years. For the first 15 it was great. For the last three, I wasn't there, mentally.

Everybody had left the building. The first SportsCenter I did was with Chris Berman. There was Tom Mees, there was Bob Ley, there was Chris Fowler, Mike Tirico. Steve Levy was there, then Keith Olbermann came in, Linda Cohn, Charley Steiner, Robin Roberts, Stuart Scott.