Patrick, a graduate of George Washington University, started broadcasting in the 1960s and joined ESPN in 1982.

Mike Patrick, a long-time ESPN play-by-play man who achieved a degree of infamy in this state with one awkward moment during the 2007 Alabama-Georgia football game, has died. He was 80. Patrick’s death was announced by ESPN, for whom he called games in a variety of sports from 1982-2017. He died of natural causes on Sunday in Fairfax, Va.

Mike Patrick, a 36-year play-by-play announcer for ESPN, died of natural causes on Sunday. Patrick was 80 years old. Patrick’s doctor, as well as the City of Clarksburg, West Virginia, confirmed the longtime broadcaster’s death on Tuesday.