Even though he called countless college football and basketball games, he is best known for his work on ESPN’s “Sunday Night Football” from 1987 through 2005.

He did the cable network’s play-by-play for college basketball, football and baseball games, but his most important assignment was “Sunday Night Football.”

Mike Patrick, who spent 36 years as a play-by-play commentator for ESPN and was the network's first NFL voice for "Sunday Night Football," has died at age 80.