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, the long-time play-by-play announcer for ESPN's Sunday Night Football, has died. He was 80. A native of Clarksburg, West Virginia, Patrick handled the NFL Sunday night game for 18 years,

He had the honor of calling the network’s first-ever regular-season NFL game in 1987, a matchup between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants, he launched ESPN’s Sunday Night Football’s 18-year run.