Tajh Boyd (born September 25, 1990) is an American football quarterback for the Clemson Tigers. He took over as the Tigers starting quarterback in 2011.

Early years[link]

Boyd attended Phoebus High School in Hampton, Virginia. He was awarded the Pete Dawkins Trophy for being the co-MVP of the 2009 U.S. Army All-American Bowl after completing seven of nine passes for 179 yards and three touchdowns.^[1]

College career[link]

After being redshirted in 2009, Boyd spent 2010 as the backup quarterback to Kyle Parker. He finished the season completing 33 of 63 passes for 329 yards with four touchdowns and three interceptions.

Boyd took over as the starter in 2011.^[2] After nine games, Boyd had completed 195 of 318 passes for 2,674 yards and 25 touchdowns.^[3] At that point, he ranked third in passing touchdowns and seventh in passing yardage among all NCAA Division I FBS quarterbacks.^[4][5]

Boyd led the Tigers to a 10-3 record, winning the ACC Championship and setting up a game against West Virginia in the Orange Bowl. Although the Tigers lost the Orange Bowl in record fashion, 70-33, Boyd had a highly successful year. He finished the year completing 298 of 499 passes for 3828 yards and 33 passing touchdowns. He also ran for 218 yards and five touchdowns.^[6] Boyd has been mentioned as a possible 2012 Heisman Trophy candidate.^[7]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Clemson Tigers bio

Clinton Portis

Portis during the 2007 season.
No. --     Free Agent
Running back
Personal information
Date of birth: (1981-09-01) September 1, 1981 (age 30)
Place of birth: Laurel, Mississippi
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Weight: 217 lb (98 kg)
Career information
College: University of Miami
NFL Draft: 2002 / Round: 2 / Pick: 51
Debuted in 2002 for the Denver Broncos
Career history
Denver Broncos (2002–2003) Washington Redskins (2004-2010)
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (2002) PFWA Offensive Rookie of the Year (2002) 2× Pro Bowl selection (2003, 2008) 1× All-Pro selection (2008) 2007 Fedex Ground Player Of The Week (Week 17) 3× 2008 Ground Player Of The Week (Week 5) Week 7) and (Week 8)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2010
Rushing yards 9,923 Rushing average 4.4 Rushing TDs 75 Stats at NFL.com

Clinton Earl Portis (born September 1, 1981) is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Miami.

Portis played seven seasons as the starting running back for the Washington Redskins.

College career[link]

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Portis starred at the University of Miami. He considered going to the University of South Carolina but a fight that he had at Gainesville High School had his scholarship taken away. He became just the second true freshman to start at running back since the 1975 season. Portis set a school freshman record with five 100-yard performances, and led the team with 838 yards and eight touchdowns on 143 carries (5.9 avg.) in 10 games. He also caught four passes for 44 yards (11.0 avg.) and 2 touchdowns. When Portis was still a relative unknown, Lee Corso singled out Portis's performance during a defeat by Florida State for hustling and never giving up, saying "that kid can play for me any time".

Portis' sophomore season was not as successful as he lost his job to James Jackson and rushed for 485 yards and two touchdowns on 77 carries (6.3 avg.) in eight games. He also added 103 yards on five receptions (20.6 avg.).

However, Portis bounced back in 2001 as the Hurricanes won the National Championship and Portis had his best season rushing for 1,200 yards and 10 touchdowns on 220 carries (5.5 avg.). He also added 125 receiving yards. In the Rose Bowl against Nebraska, Portis ran for 104 yards and a touchdown. He also had a long touchdown reception called back on a holding call.

Professional career[link]

2002 NFL Draft[link]

Portis was drafted by the Denver Broncos with the 51st overall pick in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft.

(* represents NFL Combine)

Denver Broncos[link]

Portis rushed for over 1,500 yards in each of his first two seasons with the Broncos, averaging 5.5 yards per carry in that span. The latter is an NFL record for a running back's first two seasons. On December 12, 2002, Portis became the youngest player (21 years, 105 days) to score 4 touchdowns in a game in a 31-24 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. The very next season on December 7, 2003, Portis became the youngest player (22 years, 97 days) to score 5 touchdowns in a game.

Trade[link]

Before the 2004 season, the Broncos traded Portis to the Redskins for cornerback Champ Bailey and a second-round draft pick in the 2004 NFL Draft which the Broncos used to select Tatum Bell (and Bell wore Portis's number 26 in Denver). The Redskins signed Portis to an eight-year contract worth $50.5 million. At that time, there were criticisms regarding the trade, namely that shut-down corners like Bailey were hard to come by and that adding a second-round pick for Portis was too much and one-sided. Critics also felt that Portis was simply a product of the Broncos' O-line scheme, and would not have much success in Washington, which was usually suited to more physical, power runners (such as Stephen Davis or John Riggins).

Washington Redskins[link]

In the 2004 season, he had to adjust to coach Joe Gibbs' style of running, which consists of mostly power running. Despite taking his first Redskins carry 64 yards for a TD in the season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it was a somewhat rough adjustment for Portis because Denver's running style consisted of stretch runs and runs to the outside. The adjustment was made rougher by an offensive line that was depleted mainly due to injuries. He finished 2004 with 1,315 yards for a 3.8 yard rushing average. He had an especially tough time finding the end zone, finishing with eight total touchdowns (5 rushing, 2 receiving, and one passing). However, Portis bounced back in the 2005 season. Although Gibbs still ran a power style of football, he implemented more outside running plays into the Redskins rushing attack to better suit Portis' style of running. Portis had a much better season, proving that he can run inside as well as to the outside and was a better pass-blocker. Although he did not get into the end zone until the fifth game of the season, he finished strong and had 12 total touchdowns (11 rushing and one passing). On a 14-yard run against the Philadelphia Eagles on January 1, 2006, he broke the Redskins' franchise record for the most rushing yards in a season with 1,516 yards and tied the most 100+ yard games in a season (5). He ended the game with 112 rushing yards. By rushing for 1,516 yards, he became only the third runner in league history to reach 1,500 yards in three of his first four seasons.

Portis demonstrated his speed during the 2006 Redskins training camp, running a 4.26 second 40-yard dash. Shortly following that, on August 13, 2006, Portis suffered a partially dislocated shoulder in the first quarter of a Week 1 pre-season game after tackling Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Keiwan Ratliff following a Bengals interception. After the injury, Portis said: "I don't know why myself or any other player of my caliber should be playing in the preseason." He added, "I think for the last four years I've done enough to show the world I'm going to be ready for the season."

There was no immediate indication from the Redskins as to when Portis might return to active playing status.^[4] However, he returned early into the Redskins' Monday Night Football game against the Minnesota Vikings, where he gained 39 yards on 10 carries with one touchdown. The Redskins lost 19-16, the clock expiring as Redskins kicker John Hall missed wide left on a field goal. Portis rebounded the last two weeks with 16 carries for 86 yards and 2 touchdowns against the Houston Texans, and 27 carries for 112 yards and a touchdown against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Nagged by injuries all season, Portis suffered another setback in the first quarter of the Redskins' November 12 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Portis left the game with a hand injury and was replaced by backup Ladell Betts. X-rays revealed that Portis broke his right hand during the game. He was operated on and placed on the Redskins' Injured Reserve list three days later, on November 15.^[5]

Redskins agreed to guarantee Portis' 2008-2009 and a large portion of his 2010 base salaries in March. This will equal up to $15 million dollars in guarantees. Portis, also got a $9.32 million "signing bonus" upon restructuring.^[6]

2007[link]

In May 2007, Portis weighed in on the recent legal problems Michael Vick started to embroil himself in, the upcoming charges would include dogfighting, which is a felony. Portis took a controversial view of the situation stating, "I don't know if he was fighting dogs or not, but it's his property, it's his dog," Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis told WAVY-TV in Virginia. "If that's what he wants to do, do it. I think people should mind their business."^[7] He further went on to state in the same interview that "I know a lot of back roads that have the dog fighting if you want to go see it." Later that same Monday, he released a statement through the Redskins' website quickly backtracking on his previous statements, "In the recent interview I gave concerning dog fighting, I want to make it clear I do not take part in dog fighting or condone dog fighting in any manner."

2008[link]

In 2008, Portis fell just short of what would have been his fourth 1500 yard rushing season in seven years, finishing with 1487 yards and an average of 4.3 yards per carry. His season was highlighted by a five week stretch in which Portis gained nearly 700 yards, ending in an October 26 victory over the Detroit Lions. During this span Clinton Portis joined O.J. Simpson as the only players in NFL history to rush for at least 120 yards in five consecutive games twice in a career (Portis first did it over two seasons with four games with Denver in 2003 and one game with Washington in 2004). Portis led the NFL in rushing as late as November 23 before nagging injuries and limited playing time slowed him down; he gained only 281 yards in his final five games as the Redskins lost four of five to miss the playoffs. Despite this, he was selected to the Pro Bowl over DeAngelo Williams, despite Williams having better stats at the end of the season.

Some controversy was caused on December 9, 2008 when Clinton Portis made negative statements about Redskins coach Jim Zorn in his weekly appearance on WTEM-AM radio, criticizing Zorn for giving inconsistent messages and sarcastically calling him a "genius." Portis was still smarting from his lack of playing time in Sunday's 24-10 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, when he was removed from the game after the first series of the second half. ^[8] In the offseason, Portis stated that he tried to forge a better relationship with Zorn, but admitted that he did not have the rapport that he shared with former head coach Joe Gibbs, which he classified as a "great relationship,"^[9] and stated that Gibbs was "one of the best men as far as guidance, or the way he lives his life, an example of a true champion."^[10]

2009[link]

During a Week 9 game versus the Atlanta Falcons, Portis suffered a concussion. The hit caused Portis to lose consciousness and leave the game. Portis missed four consecutive games with concussion-like symptoms. Portis went to see a specialist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 1, 2009. It was reported that on December 8, Portis was officially placed on injured reserve.

2010[link]

The start of the 2010 season saw the reunion of Portis and newly-appointed coach, Mike Shanahan, Portis' former coach from his first two career seasons with the Denver Broncos. Despite a positive outlook with a new coaching staff, injuries continued to plague Portis as he had to deal with abdomen and groin injuries. During his seventh year as a Redskin, Portis played only five games and tallied only 227 yards rushing throughout the season, which included two touchdowns. Both touchdowns were scored in the September 19 home game versus the Houston Texans. Despite the mildly impressive showing, the Redskins lost in overtime, 27-30.

2011[link]

On February 28, 2011, Portis was released by the Redskins after failed contract re-negotiations and repeated injuries. Following his release, Portis felt that passion had been missing from the team since Gibbs retired, saying, "I never seen nobody give up or with their head down with Coach Gibbs. As many close games as we played...you can't say one time that we gave up. There was a passion and toughness amongst everybody on that field to fight until time expired."^[11]

Personal life[link]

Portis is the cousin of current Seattle Seahawks quarterback Josh Portis.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Clinton Portis Official Web Site.
• Clinton Portis stats.
• Washington Post Local Edition [1].
• ESPN News [2].

Jadeveon Clowney

South Carolina Gamecocks — No. 7
Defensive end	Freshman
Major: N/A
Date of birth: (1993-02-14) February 14, 1993 (age 19)
Place of birth: Rock Hill, South Carolina
Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Weight: 254 lb (115 kg)
Career history
High school: South Pointe High School, Rock Hill, South Carolina
College(s): University of South Carolina (2011–present)
Career highlights and awards
2010 Defensive High School Player of the Year (USA Today) 2010 High School All-American (USA Today) South Carolina's 2010 Mr. Football Ranked #1 in ESPN's Top 150 Football Prospects 2011 SEC Freshman of the Year
Stats at ESPN.com

Jadeveon Clowney (born February 14, 1993^[1]) is an American football defensive end. He recently graduated from South Pointe High School in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Clowney was named South Carolina's 2010 Mr. Football,^[2] and considered the consensus No. 1 football recruit in the United States for his class.^[3][4][5]

For the 2010 season, Clowney had 162 tackles, 29.5 sacks, 29 tackles for loss, 11 forced fumbles, 6 fumbles recoveries, 43 quarterback pressures and five defensive touchdowns. South Pointe was 38-6 during his three varsity seasons. He is considered the best college football prospect in recent memory.

Clowney was named by ESPN, as well as Scouts and Rivals, as the top college football recruiting prospect in the nation leading into the 2011 NCAA Signing Day, (February 2, 2011). Clowney himself stated in an interview that he had narrowed down his prospects to the Alabama Crimson Tide, the Clemson Tigers, and the South Carolina Gamecocks; however, he did not commit on National Signing Day.^[6] On February 14, 2011, his 18th birthday, Clowney committed to the University of South Carolina.

In 2011, Clowney was tied for 7th in the SEC with eight quarterback sacks, and tied for second with five forced fumbles.^[7]

References[link]

External links[link]

• South Carolina Gamecocks bio
• Rivals.com Recruiting Profile
• Scout.com Recruiting Profile

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Dwayne Allen Day is an American space historian and policy analyst and served as an investigator for the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

Day is a senior program officer for the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board of the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences, where he has served as a study director on studies concerning NASA's aeronautics flight research capabilities, the planetary exploration program, the size of the astronaut corps, the threat of asteroids striking Earth, NASA workforce skills, radiation hazards to astronauts on long duration spaceflights, U.S. Air Force astrodynamics standards, and other projects. He previously served as a program officer on the Space Studies Board. He has also written extensively on the history of American satellite reconnaissance.

He received a doctorate degree in political science from The George Washington University^[1] where he specialized in space policy and management of the national security bureaucracy. His dissertation, "Mission Control," concerned how President Dwight D. Eisenhower created specialized bureaucracies to manage the ICBM, U-2 spyplane, and Corona spy satellite programs, thereby bypassing the cumbersome Air Force bureaucracy. From 2002-2003 he worked as the Congressional Budget Office Historian, where he wrote an unpublished history of the organization. In 2000, while under contract to the U.S. Air Force, he wrote a book on the U.S. Air Force Chief Scientist's Office. The book, "Lightning Rod," detailed the creation, evolution, and influence of the senior scientific adviser to the uniformed leadership of the Air Force (the Air Staff).^[2]

Day has written many articles in space magazines including Spaceflight, Quest, Novosti Kosmonavtiki and other publications such as Space News. He is an associate editor of the German spaceflight magazine Raumfahrt Concret. Day published the book Eye in the sky about the CORONA spy satellite programme, and was investigator for the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, where he focused on the policy, budgetary, managerial and institutional causes of the Columbia accident.^[1]

Day is regarded as one of a handful of experts on the history of the U.S. military space program, particularly American intelligence satellites.^{[citation needed]} Among his contributions in this area is the first publication of a photograph of a satellite launched during a classified Space Shuttle launch, the first discussion of the evolution of the early American electronic intelligence satellite programs during the 1960s, and the first detailed discussion of the Satellite Data System communications relay satellites used by the National Reconnaissance Office. He has also written extensively on the intelligence analysis of the Soviet space program during the Cold War, such as the Soviet effort to place a man on the Moon in competition with Apollo.^[3]

Day is also known as the originator of the "Von Braun Paradigm" theory. The theory is that American space policy has for decades followed a pattern largely established by von Braun in a series of articles published in the 1950s in Collier's magazine. The simplified theory is that American space leaders have sought to develop space capabilities in a series of steps: develop a space shuttle to construct and service a space station which is then used to establish a lunar base, ultimately leading to a human mission to Mars. The theory has been discussed in books and papers by space historians Howard McCurdy, Roger Launius, and Michael Neufeld.^[4]

Currently he is a program officer at the Space Studies Board of the National Research Council in Washington, D.C. In that capacity he has served as a study director for several studies for NASA. These studies include "Space Radiation Hazards and the Vision for Space Exploration," "Building a Better NASA Workforce: Meeting the Workforce Needs for the National Vision for Space Exploration," "Grading NASA's Solar System Exploration Program: A Midterm Report," "Opening New Frontiers in Space: Choices for the Next New Frontiers Announcement of Opportunity," and "Science Opportunities Provided by NASA's Constellation System." He was recently the study director of a study to assess detection and mitigation strategies for near-Earth object hazards which produced the report "Defending Planet Earth: Near-Earth-Object Survey and Hazard Mitigation Strategies," and co-study director of an analysis of radioisotope power systems for robotic spacecraft. He is currently assistant study director of the planetary science decadal survey. He is also currently study director of a study on the future of NASA's spaceflight crew office, and a study of NASA's flight research projects, both for the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board. [1]

Day is a regular contributor to The Space Review, writing on subjects such the Blackstar spaceplane, and the Chinese space programme. He also quoted a 1974 memo from the CIA Director complaining about Skylab photography of Area 51:

“The issue arises from the fact that the recent Skylab mission inadvertently photographed” the airfield at Groom Lake. “There were specific instructions not to do this,” the memo stated, and Groom “was the only location which had such an instruction.” In other words, the CIA considered no other spot on Earth to be as sensitive as Groom Lake, and the astronauts had just taken a picture of it.^[5]

In November 2007, Day published an article containing the photograph that the Skylab 4 astronauts took of Groom Lake, the first time this photo appeared in a public document.

Publications[link]

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Books[link]

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• Eye in the Sky: Story of the Corona Spy Satellites, ISBN 1-56098-830-4
• Lightning Rod: A History of the Air Force Chief Scientist's Office, ISBN 1-4102-2057-5

Editor, Exploration Spatiale et Coopération Internationale/Space Exploration and International Cooperation, produced by the Embassy of France, October 2004.

Assistant Editor, Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Vol. I, edited by John M. Logsdon, with Linda J. Lear, Jannelle Warren-Findley, Ray A. Williamson, and Dwayne A. Day, NASA SP-4407, Washington, DC, 1995.

Assistant Editor, Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Vol. II, edited by John M. Logsdon, with Dwayne A. Day and Roger Launius, NASA SP-4407, Washington, DC, 1996.

Editor, Military Space History: Programmes, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, June 1997.

Editor, Military Space History: Programmes, Part II, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, November December 1997.

Editor, Military Space History: Programmes, Part III, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, August 1998.

Editor, Military Space History: Programmes, Part IV, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, November-December 1999.

Editor, Cold War Military Space History: Programmes, Space Chronicle, May 2006.

Magazine and Journal Articles[link]

A Review of Recent American Military Space Operations, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Vol. 46, 1993.

New Revelations About the American Satellite Programme Before Sputnik, Spaceflight, November 1994.

The Von Braun Paradigm, Space Times, November-December 1994.

Lifting a Veil on History: Early Satellite Imagery and National Security, Space Times, July-August 1995.

Capturing the High Ground: The U.S. Military in Space, 1987-1995, Part 1 Countdown, March/April 1995.

Capturing the High Ground: The U.S. Military in Space, 1987-1995, Part 2 Countdown, May/June 1995.

CORONA: America’s First Spy Satellite, Part 1, Quest, Summer 1995.

CORONA: America’s First Spy Satellite, Part 2, Quest, Fall 1995.

Lifting the Veil: US-Soviet Competition and Cooperation in Space Prior to Apollo, Spaceflight, August 1995.

Space Policy-Making in the White House: The Early Years of the National Aeronautics and Space Council, Organizing for the Use of Space: Historical Perspectives on a Persistent Issue, Roger D. Launius, Ed., American Astronautical Society History Series, Volume 18, 1995.

Mission Impossible: The Kidnapping of Lunik 5, Quest, Fall 1996.

Top Cover: The Origins and Evolution of the Defense Support Program, Part 1, Spaceflight, January 1996.

Top Cover: The Origins and Evolution of the Defense Support Program, Part 2, Spaceflight, February 1996.

Top Cover: The Origins and Evolution of the Defense Support Program, Part 3, Spaceflight, March 1996.

A Strategy for Space: Donald Quarles, the CIA, and the U.S. Scientific Satellite Programme, Spaceflight, September 1996.

The Greatest Story on Planet Mars, Quest, Winter 1996.

A failed phoenix: The KH-6 LANYARD Reconnaissance Satellite, Spaceflight, May 1997.

The State of Historical Research on Military Space, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Vol. 50, 1997.

Secret Shuttle Mission Revealed, Spaceflight, July 1998.

Mapping the Dark Side of the World: Part 1: The KH-5 ARGON Geodetic Satellite, Spaceflight, July 1998.

Mapping the Dark Side of the World: Part 2: Secret Geodetic Programmes After ARGON, Spaceflight, August 1998.

Falling Star, Spaceflight, November 1998.

Out of the Shadows: The Shuttle’s Secret Payloads, Spaceflight, February 1999.

Exhibiting the Space Race, Quest, Spring 1999.

Listening From Above: The First Signals Intelligence Satellite, Spaceflight, August 1999.

Recon for the Rising Sun, Spaceflight, October 1999.

Medium Metal: The NRO’s Smaller Satellites, Spaceflight, January 2000.

Relics of the Space Race: Space Archaeology at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Part 1, Spaceflight, February 2000.

Relics of the Space Race: Space Archaeology at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Part 2, Spaceflight, March 2000.

Heavens… Debunking is Indicated, The Washington Post, July 2, 2000.

Rashomon in Space: A Short Review of Official Spy Satellite Histories, Quest, Summer 2000.

Tinker, Tailor, Radar, Spy: Early American Ferret and Radar Satellites, Spaceflight, July 2001.

From Astropower to Everyman to Rich Man: The Changing Human Face of Spaceflight, Space Times, July-August 2001.

Dark Clouds: The Classified Origins of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, Spaceflight, September 2001.

Single Orbit Darts and Mercury Eyeballs: Early Unbuilt Strategic Reconnaissance Platforms, Spaceflight, November 2001.

The Army-Air Force Space Race, Spaceflight, July 2002.

Intelligence Space Program, Space Politics and Policy, An Evolutionary Perspective, Eligar Sadeh, Ed., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.

Mercury Rising: Contractor Proposals for the Mercury Spacecraft, Part 1, Spaceflight, September 2002.

A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing: The Samos E-5 Recoverable Satellite, Part One, Spaceflight, October 2002.

Saturn’s Fury: Effects of a Saturn Launch Pad Explosion, Quest, Winter 2002.

A Square Peg in a Cone-Shaped Hole: The Samos E-5 Recoverable Satellite, Part Two, Spaceflight, February 2003.

Reconnaissance and Money: A Review of Spy Capitalism, International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, Spring 2003.

Those Hollywood Spooks and Their Spying Machines: Spy Satellites in Film and Reality, Quest, Spring 2003.

GIS Industry Developments, The Year in Defense, (January) 2003.

US Government Declassifies Reconnaissance Satellites Information, Spaceflight, March 2003.

From Cameras to Monkeys to Men: The Samos E-5 Recoverable Satellite, Part Three, Spaceflight, September 2003.

The Moon in the Crosshairs: CIA Intelligence on the Soviet Manned Lunar Programme, Part 1 – Launch Complex J, (with Asif Siddiqi), Spaceflight, November 2003.

Ferrets of the High Frontier: U.S. Air Force Ferret and Heavy Ferret Satellites of the Cold War, Spaceflight, February 2004.

The Moon in the Crosshairs: CIA Intelligence on the Soviet Manned Lunar Programme, Part 2 – The J Vehicle, (with Asif Siddiqi), Spaceflight, March 2004.

Lucky Number 13: The First Success of the CORONA Reconnaissance Satellite Programme, Spaceflight, April 2004.

The Secret of Complex J, Air Force, July 2004.

Pushing Iron, Spaceflight, July 2004.

First Light: The First Reconnaissance Satellite, Spaceflight, August 2004.

Blick durchs Schlüsselloch, (Through the Keyhole), Raumfahrt Concret, October 2004.

Ferrets Above: American Signals Intelligence Satellites During the 1960s, International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, fall 2004.

The Last Lunar Outpost, Spaceflight, October 2004.

In the Shadows of the Moon Race, Spaceflight, November 2004.

Now it Can All Be Told, Again, International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, winter 2004-2005.

Aiming for the High Frontier: A Brief History of the F-15 Anti-Satellite Weapon, Spaceflight, December 2004.

From the Shadows to the Stars: James Webb’s Use of Intelligence Data in the Race to the Moon, Air Power History, Winter 2004.

From Above the Iron Curtain to Around the Moon: Lunar Orbiter and the Samos Spy Satellite, Spaceflight, February 2005.

Jewel in the Sky: The US Military Satellite That Never Made It, Spaceflight, April 2005.

The Clouds Above, the Earth Below: The Secret Air Force Meteorological Satellite Programme, Part 1, Spaceflight, August 2005.

Military Dilemma Over Laser ASATs, Spaceflight, September 2005.

Gazing Into the Unknown: Astronomy’s Future After Hubble, Spaceflight, October 2005.

Robotic Ravens: Cold War American Ferret Satellite Operations, Spaceflight, November 2005.

Working on the Moon, Spaceflight, December 2005.

Atomic Fire and Electric Glow, Part 1, Spaceflight, March 2006.

The Heat of a Burning Atom, Part 2, Spaceflight, April 2006.

Relay in the Sky: The Satellite Data System, Space Chronicle, May 2006.

Lost and Forgotten: The Non-ruins of Slick-5 Spaceflight, June 2006.

Monkey in a Blue Suit: The USAF’s Secret Space Monkey Program, with Colin Burgess, Spaceflight, July 2006.

Apocrypha Now, Space Stories that Just Aren’t True, Spaceflight, September 2006.

Thunder in a Bottle: The case of the missing, mighty F-1 engine, Spaceflight, October 2006.

Planning for a Return to the Moon by 2019, Spaceflight, February 2007.

Lonely Bird, Spaceflight, March 2007.

Outpost on a Desolate Land, Spaceflight, May 2007.

The Blue Gemini Blues, Spaceflight, June 2007.

A Wing and a Prayer: The Troubled Development of the Gemini Paraglider, Part 1, Spaceflight, August 2007.

Failures and Setbacks: The Troubled Development of the Gemini Paraglider, Part 2, Spaceflight, September 2007.

LSIL, Spaceflight, October 2007.

Grumman’s Ambitious Spider, with Glen Swanson, Spaceflight, November 2007.

Virus, Volkov, and Vandenberg, Spaceflight, February 2008.

Calling All Satellites, Spaceflight, June 2008.

Fire and Grace: The US Space and Rocket Center, Spaceflight, August 2008.

Raketen im Berlin, Spaceflight, September 2008.

Going Waaay Off Road, Spaceflight, October 2008.

Behind the Blue: The Unknown U.S. Air Force Manned Space Program, in Paul G. Gillespie and Grant T. Weller, Eds., Harnessing the Heavens: National Defense Through Space, Imprint Publications, Chicago, 2008.

From Project Gemini to the Final Frontier, Spaceflight, February 2009.

Blue Collar Art, Spaceflight, March 2009.

The Other A in NASA, Spaceflight, May 2009.

Birds on a Wire, Spaceflight, June 2009.

Atop the Highest Mast, The Development of American Ocean Surveillance Satellites, Part 1, POPPY, Spaceflight, November 2009.

Atop the Highest Mast, Development of US Ocean Surveillance Satellites, Part 2, PARCAE and White Cloud, Spaceflight, December 2009.

Tough Little Spinner, Spaceflight, February 2010.

Black Antennas, Spaceflight, March 2010

A Paler Shade of Black: The (non) Mystery of Shuttle Mission STS-51J, Spaceflight, May 2010.

Peering Into PANdora's Box, Spaceflight, August 2010.

Taste of Space in Windy City, Spaceflight, October 2010.

Journey to a Red Moon, Spaceflight, November 2010.

Splish, splash, roar!, Spaceflight, January 2011.

Landing by laser light (and Air-Crane), Spaceflight, March 2011.

Romancing the Stone, Spaceflight, April 2011.

NASA's Next Discovery Class Mission, Spaceflight, July 2011.

Where No Artist Had Gone Before, Star Trek Magazine, July/August 2011.

Franz Joseph's Guide to the Galaxy, Star Trek Magazine, July/August 2011.

Secret Programmes Declassified, November 2011.

Silenced Thunder: The Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, October 2011.

Russia Weighs Lunar Options, Spaceflight, November 2011.

References[link]

Daniel Patrick Pugh (born May 15, 1956), professionally known as Dan Patrick, is an American Sports Emmy-winning sportscaster, radio personality, and actor from Mason, Ohio. He currently hosts The Dan Patrick Show which is broadcast on radio on Premiere Radio Networks, and on television on The Audience Network for DIRECTV subscribers, co-hosts NBC's Football Night in America, and serves as a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. He previously worked at ESPN for 18 years, where he often anchored the weeknight and Sunday 11 PM edition of SportsCenter.

Early life[link]

Patrick attended the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. His brother, Bill Pugh, is a longtime sports radio executive, and is currently the head of programming at Clear Channel San Diego. Patrick was a basketball player in high school at William Mason High School, becoming an Ohio all-state selection his senior year.^[1] He attended Eastern Kentucky University on a basketball scholarship for two years before transferring to the University of Dayton, where he majored in broadcast journalism. Patrick is also an alumnus of the Eta Hexaton Chapter of the Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity at Dayton.^[2]

Before ESPN[link]

Before working with ESPN, Patrick was known by his real name, Dan Pugh, as an on-air personality with the album rock-formatted WVUD and then, WTUE in Dayton, Ohio (1979–1983). Patrick was then a sports reporter for CNN (1983–89), where his assignments included the World Series, NBA Finals and Winter Olympics. From 1989–1995 Patrick did a daily sports segment for Bob and Brian, a syndicated Wisconsin-area morning show, and in the early 90s he did sports updates for the Columbus, Ohio, Rock Station WLVQ and appeared on the morning show "Wags and Elliot."^[3]

Career at ESPN[link]

Patrick was an anchor on ESPN's SportsCenter (1989–2006). He also hosted The Dan Patrick Show on ESPN Radio from September 13, 1999, to August 17, 2007.

In the mid-1990s, Dan and Keith Olbermann were among ESPN's most recognizable faces. Olbermann used the catch phrase "Welcome to the Big Show" when Patrick worked with him on SportsCenter. After getting reprimanded by their superiors, they began saying "This is SportsCenter" sarcastically, accidentally spawning the show's new catch phrase as well as the name of their long-running promotional campaign. When Olbermann left, Patrick said, "This isn't the Big Show anymore."^[4] Patrick stated on his radio program that the ABC sitcom Sports Night was a semi-fictional account of the Olbermann/Patrick anchored SportsCenter, with Casey McCall (Peter Krause) representing Patrick.

Starting on March 19, 2006, until the final game of the NBA Finals, he became the host of ABC's then-titled NBA Nation, a pregame show for the network's NBA telecasts.

En fuego[link]

In 1994, when calling the highlights for a game in which Marv Albert described Sam Cassell as being "on fire," Dan Patrick said he was "el fuego", which he thought was Spanish for "on fire." A few months later, he received a letter from a Spanish teacher in Pennsylvania suggesting that he say that athletes are "en fuego" (on fire) rather than "el fuego" (the fire). Since then, Patrick has used "en fuego" on certain occasions when a player is said to be "on fire." Patrick started using the "en fuego" phrase because he believed the standard "on fire" phrase had become clichéd.

Departure from ESPN/ABC[link]

On July 9, 2007, Patrick on his radio show announced his departure from ESPN/ABC effective August 16, 2007, stating, "I am leaving ESPN August 17 to go out on my own and be a free agent...I think I was starting to take it (ESPN) for granted," Patrick said. He said ESPN tried to talk him out of it. If there was any animosity, he says, "I wouldn't be sticking around until August."

Patrick remained off air from ESPN Radio until August 15 for his three farewell shows.^[5] He was originally reported to be returning for a final week, but returned on Wednesday of that week.

ESPN's statement released to the media said that Patrick would be released from his contract August 31, 2007, exactly one year early from his deal that was to run until August 31, 2008. The statement also said this would be the final comment on Patrick's departure from ESPN. "ESPN contractually bans all employees from making specific announcements of their futures on their airwaves, but out of respect to Dan and all he's done for ESPN we allowed him an opportunity to end the speculation".

Reaction to Patrick's departure from ESPN/ABC[link]

Reaction from media sources hit the internet by storm. Many webpages, blogs, and news media outlets speculated on the reasons for Patrick's departure and his possible future. On July 10, 2007's The Dan Patrick Show, Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick himself put some of the rumors and comments to rest.

Patrick confirmed that he was asked by the producers of The Price is Right to audition for the vacant host position, but he declined. The job eventually went to Drew Carey. Patrick admitted that he was hurt when good friend, Sports Illustrated writer Rick Reilly (who ironically would move to ESPN) wrote that, "Patrick was making one of the top 5 biggest career mistakes in entertainment history," ranking right under Shelley Long's leaving Cheers and Katie Couric's leaving NBC's Today show for the CBS Evening News.

Keith Olbermann stated that it was only a matter of time before a website erroneously reported that Patrick was fired from ESPN, which was what happened in some reports when Olbermann left ESPN. Patrick again stated he was leaving on good terms with ESPN and that he could return to ESPN if he would so choose. Patrick said that he wanted to be on both television and radio again, although some newspapers reported that he only wanted to do radio.

On his new show, Patrick often relates anecdotes of his ESPN career, in both positive and negative lights. He often refers to his former employer as "The Mother Ship" (and less frequently, "ESPeon"), and expresses disappointment with their practice of preventing their talent from appearing as guests on his show, and frustration when an ESPN employee has agreed to come on the show only to later cancel.

Patrick is also often critical of current ESPN shows (such as SportsNation, SportsCenter, and ESPN First Take) for stealing content from his show.

Last shows[link]

August 17, 2007, was Dan Patrick's last day on ESPN Radio. He named his final three shows the "Farewell for Now" tour. The last 20 minutes of his show were filled with thank-yous and looks back. Guests included Bob Costas, Bobby Knight, Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Ken Griffey, Jr. and other sports stars. Will Ferrell also made a heavily promoted appearance in character as Ron Burgundy.

[edit] New radio-TV show/Sports Illustrated

Patrick signed a syndication deal with Chicago-based Content Factory, which soon launched his new version of The Dan Patrick Show on October 1, 2007. It was distributed nationally by Premiere Radio Networks. The show aired live on most stations from 9 a.m. to noon Eastern, although some opt to delay the show into the evening. The show ran delayed on Sirius XM Sports Nation on Sirius Radio channel 122 and XM Radio channel 143. It was also available as a live stream and in podcast form via Patrick's website.

In January 2009, Dan Patrick's show replaced Out of Bounds with Craig Shemon and James Washington on Premiere Radio's Fox Sports Radio network. This brought an additional 60 affiliates to Patrick's portfolio, and brought the total affiliate count to over 200. It also allows XM Radio listeners to hear the show live on the Fox Sports simulcast on channel 142, in addition to the delayed broadcast on channel 143. Sirius doesn't carry Fox Sports Radio.

In August 2009, The Dan Patrick Show started being broadcast on The 101 Network, following a show of DIY Network in which a toy-filled "man cave" studio was built in Milford. The radio-only show had been produced in the attic of Patrick's home. The Dan Patrick Show features "The Dannettes", who assist Dan with the show. "The Dannettes" are reported to be soft, but Patrick did not confirm.

Sports Illustrated also announced in October 2007 that Patrick would become the magazine's senior writer. He would also contribute blogs to SI.com's "Fan Nation" and host the magazine's Sportsman of the Year show. SI collaborates with Content Factory to produce Patrick's web site, and helps stream his radio show. Patrick said he will produce non-television content exclusively for Sports Illustrated. The Dan Patrick Show began simulcasting on Fox Sports Net, Comcast SportsNet, Root Sports, and MSG Plus in October, 2010.

NBC Sports[link]

On July 7, 2008, it was announced that Patrick would join NBC Sports as a co-host of the third season of Football Night in America with former SportsCenter co-anchor Keith Olbermann every Sunday night beginning in September during the NFL season.^[6] Patrick and Olbermann host a series of highlights on the show and a segment called "The Little Big Show" with the day's top NFL plays.

"The Little Big Show" refers back to Patrick and Olbermann's time at ESPN where they referred to the 11pm SportsCenter they hosted as "The Big Show." This name both annoyed the other hosts, who felt insulted, and management, who preferred them to call the show by the actual name. Frustrations mounted so high that management told them to just say, "This is SportsCenter." This phrase ironically became ESPN's major tagline for SportsCenter.^[7]

Patrick served as the Super Bowl XLIII trophy presenter after the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals, and again at Super Bowl XLVI after the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots. Patrick also contributed to the network's coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics as a reporter for women's downhill skiing and snowboarding. He also hosted NBC's 2010 & 2011 Stanley Cup Finals coverage. In 2012, NBC named Patrick daytime co-host with Al Michaels for the London Olympics.^[8]

Other appearances[link]

Movies and television[link]

Patrick has made cameo appearances in many movies and TV shows, thanks in large part to his longtime friendship with actor Adam Sandler:^[9] Patrick also appeared in a Huddle House commercial.

• The Definite Maybe (1997)
• Arli$$ (1998)
• BASEketball (1998)
• The Waterboy (1998)
• Clerks (Animated ABC program) (2000)
• Clone High (2002)
• The Longest Yard (2005)
• Benchwarmers (2006)
• I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
• The House Bunny (2008)
• Grown Ups (2010)
• Blue Mountain State (2011)
• Just Go With It (2011)
• Jack & Jill (2011)
• That's My Boy (2012)

Music videos[link]

Dan Patrick has appeared twice in music videos:

• The 1995 Hootie & the Blowfish song "Only Wanna Be With You." In the video, the group use their money to purchase several sports teams. Patrick said of the group, "Dare I say they're anything but 'en fuego'." He also uses another one of his famous catchphrases, "You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him."
• In the 2002 Brad Paisley song "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)", with the quote "Brad Paisley, dare I say, 'en fuego'."

References[link]

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External links[link]

• Dan Patrick Online Official website on CNN.com
• Cousins Subs website (with video of Patrick's ads for the chain)
• Dan Patrick biography