Bill Patrick (born November 12, 1955, in

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...

as Gerard Monteux) was a part-time host for ''

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''.　He was born as a grandson of the conductor,

Pierre Monteux Pierre Benjamin Monteux (; 4 April 18751 July 1964) was a French (later American) conductor. After violin and viola studies, and a decade as an orchestral player and occasional conductor, he began to receive regular conducting engagements in ...

Sports broadcasting career

Bill Patrick graduated from the

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. He worked for USA Network from 1998 through 2006 as host of the U.S. Open and

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. He also did play-by-play and reporting for USA's PGA Tour coverage. Prior to that, he was hired at Speedvision (Later called SPEED TV) from 1998 through 2001 as host of the weekly motorsports recap show called ''Speedvision News: Race Week''. He has covered every major U.S. sporting event during his 38-year broadcasting career, including all four major championships in professional golf, the U.S. Open,

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, the

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, the NBA Playoffs, the

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, and the

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. From 2003 to 2004, he co-hosted '' College Football Sunday'' with Mike Mayock on the

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. He hosted ''

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'' and ''

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'' from 1989 to 1998 on

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. In 2007, Patrick was named host of the '' Hockey Central Post Game Report'' as part of the studio show for ''

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''. He later hosted the nightly highlight show '' NHL Overtime'' as well as the pre- and post-game shows for NBC's coverage of Notre Dame

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, and studio updates during many of NBC's other sports programming. Patrick also hosted 2008 Olympic coverage on MSNBC. He also hosted coverage of

Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics Hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Rogers Arena (then known as GM Place, and renamed ''Canada Hockey Place'' for the duration of the Games due to IOC sponsorship rules) in Vancouver, home of the National Hockey League's Vancouver Can ...

Other appearances and interests

Additionally, he made two guest appearances on the

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sitcom ''

Spin City ''Spin City'' is an American sitcom television series that aired from September 17, 1996 to April 30, 2002, on ABC. Created by Gary David Goldberg and Bill Lawrence, the show is set in a semi-fictionalized version of the New York City mayor's ...

''. Bill is also a passionate nature photographer and environmental activist. In 2014, he created Monteux Gallery, located in Ellsworth, Maine (www.monteuxgallery.com).

References

External links

Profile at USA Network
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