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Peter may refer to:

People[link]

Given name[link]

Religion[link]

• Saint Peter (died 68), Jesus' disciple
• Peter the Deacon (died 605), a confidant of Pope Gregory I and rector of Sicily
• Peter (Bishop of Pavia) (died 735), saint and Bishop of Pavia
• Peter of Anagni (died 1105), saint and Bishop Of Anagni
• Peter, bishop of Zaragoza (Spain) in 1112
• Peter the Deacon (chronicler) (died c.1140), "the Librarian" (Bibliothecarius)
• Peter of Tarentaise (1102–1174), Archbishop of Tarentaise and saint
• Peter Pareuzi (died 1199), Papal legate, martyr and saint
• Peter, a companion in martyrdom of Berard of Carbio (died 1220)
• Saint Peter of Verona (1206–1252), also known as Peter Martyr
• Peter of Auvergne (died after 1310), scholastic philosopher
• Saint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow (died 1326)
• Peter of Aquila (died 1361), Italian Franciscan theologian and bishop
• Peter of Bergamo (died 1482), Dominican theologian
• Saint Peter the Aleut (died 1815?), Eastern Orthodox Christian martyr in California
• Pope Peter II, one of several 20th century antipopes

Other persons[link]

• Nice Peter, a YouTube celebrity
• Peter (usurper) (6th century), Roman general
• Peter the Patrician, Byzantine minister and diplomat
• Peter (curopalates) (died 602), Byzantine general and brother of Emperor Maurice
• Peter (floruit 926), Roman consul
• Peter Phokas, Byzantine eunuch general
• Peter I of Bulgaria (died 970), emperor of Bulgaria
• Peter, Duke of the Romans (11th century), Roman consul
• Peter of Maricourt, or Peter Peregrinus (13th century), writer on magnetism and astrolabes
• Peter I of Russia, or Peter the Great (1672–1725), the first Russian emperor
• Peter (actor) (born 1952), the stage name of Shinnosuke Ikehata, a Japanese dancer and actor who appeared in Akira Kurosawa's Ran
• Peter Aerts, a Dutch kickboxer
• Peter Asch, an American water polo player
• Péter Bakonyi (fencer born 1938), a Hungarian saber fencer
• Peter Carter (disambiguation)
• Peter Chandler (disambiguation)
• Peter J. Fos, university administrator
• Peter Revson, an American Formula One racecar driver
• Peter Stone (disambiguation)

Surname[link]

Fictional characters[link]

• Peter Pan, a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie
• Peter Pevensie, a character in the children's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
• Peter Griffin, the protagonist of the television show Family Guy
• Peter Stone (Degrassi character), a character from Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Peter Parker, the secret identity of Spider-Man
• Peter Solomon, a character in the novel by Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol
• Peter Bishop, a fictional character on the Fox television series Fringe, portrayed by Joshua Jackson
• Peter Lattimer, a fictional character on the US television series Warehouse 13, portrayed by Eddie McClintock
• Peter Petrelli, a fictional character on the NBC television series Heroes, portrayed by Milo Ventimiglia

Other uses[link]

• "Peter" (Fringe), an episode of the television series Fringe
• "Peter" (short story), a 1892 short story by Willa Cather
• Peter (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip
• Peter, the Lord's cat, a cat who lived at Lord's Cricket Ground in London
• The Peter, or Peter Pomegranate, medieval warship

See also[link]

• Pete (disambiguation)
• Peters (disambiguation)
• Pierre (disambiguation)
• Petrus (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with Peter, including many people with forename Peter

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Peter Sagal
Peter Sagal at the 2008 Texas Book Festival
Born	(1965-01-31) January 31, 1965 (age 47) Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, United States
Occupation	Playwright, screenwriter, actor, and radio host
Spouse	Beth Albrecht Sagal

Peter Sagal (born January 31, 1965) is an American playwright, screenwriter, actor, and host of the National Public Radio game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. He is originally from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, although he currently resides in Oak Park, Illinois.^[1] Sagal attended Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also was a contestant on Jeopardy in April 1988, but finished second in his only game.^[2]

Sagal is a regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine's "True-Life Tales" column, beginning with a column entitled "He Goes Down Looking," which appeared in the August 6, 2006 issue. He was also a guest movie critic on the television show Ebert & Roeper in the December 2, 2006, episode. He has a column about running equipment in Runner's World and has also written for the Chicago Tribune, Houston Chronicle, and other publications. His book The Book of Vice: Very Naughty Things (and How to Do Them) was published in October 2007 by HarperCollins.^[3]

In April 2007, his play Denial received its New York premiere at the Metropolitan Playhouse on the Lower East Side.^[4] The play, which portrays a Jewish lawyer who represents a Holocaust denier, has also been recorded by the L.A. Theatre Works company.^[5] Sagal is also credited as co-writer of the movie Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights.^[6]

Sagal is a marathon runner who completed the 2007 Boston Marathon. He ran a portion of the Chicago Marathon in 2011 without paying the registration fee.^[7][8]

Sagal is married to Beth Albrecht Sagal; they have three daughters.

References[link]

External links[link]

• PeterSagal.com
• Peter Sagal at the Internet Movie Database
• Peter Sagal's Weekly Column at AMCtv.com
• "He Goes Down Looking"
• New York Times Review of "Denial"
• Peter Sagal Interview on Fresh Air.
• An interview with Peter Sagal on The Marketplace of Ideas
• Tweet mentioning his birthday on 31 January 2012

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Peter Gammons
Born	(1945-04-09) April 9, 1945 (age 67) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Other names	The Goose
Education	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Net worth	93 million
Title	Major League Baseball Analyst
Spouse	Gloria
Website
http://mlb.mlb.com/network/personalities/?id=7870818

Peter Gammons (born April 9, 1945)^[1][2] is an American sportswriter, media personality, and a recipient of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award for outstanding baseball writing, given by the BBWAA.

Biography[link]

Education[link]

Gammons went to Groton School, an elite prep school in his hometown, Groton, MA. After graduating from Groton in 1965, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was a member of St. Anthony Hall. He worked for the university's student-run newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel. After graduating in 1969, he began his journalism career at The Boston Globe.

Journalistic career[link]

Print[link]

Gammons was a featured writer at The Boston Globe for many years as the main journalist covering the Boston Red Sox. (1969–1975, 1978–1986), or as a national baseball columnist. Between his two stints as a baseball columnist with the Globe, he was lead baseball columnist for Sports Illustrated (1976–78, 1986–90), where he covered baseball, hockey, and college basketball. Gammons also wrote a column for The Sporting News in the 1980s.

Gammons has also authored numerous baseball books, including Beyond the Sixth Game.

TV work[link]

In 1988, he joined ESPN, where he served primarily as an in-studio analyst.^[1] During the baseball season, he appeared nightly on Baseball Tonight and had regular spots on SportsCenter, ESPNEWS and ESPN Radio. He wrote an Insider column for ESPN.com and also wrote for ESPN The Magazine. The Globe reprinted some of his ESPN columns well into the 1990s. In 2006, Gammons was named as one of two field-level reporters for ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball, joining Bonnie Bernstein. He held that position through the 2008 season, when he moved exclusively to baseball.

After 20 years with ESPN, on December 8, 2009, Gammons announced that he would leave ESPN to pursue "new challenges" and a "less demanding schedule".^[3] Gammons joined the MLB Network and MLB.com as on-air and online analyst. He also works for NESN.^[4]

Other activities[link]

Gammons is on the 10-person voting panel for the Fielding Bible Awards, an alternative to the Gold Glove Awards in Major League Baseball^[5]

Honors[link]

He was voted the National Sportswriter of the Year in 1989, 1990 and 1993 by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. He has also been awarded an honorary Poynter Fellow from Yale University.^[6]

January 9, 2009 was proclaimed Peter Gammons day in the City of Boston. The proclamation was made by Michael Ross, president of the Boston City Council at the Hot Stove Cool Music Sports Roundtable at Fenway Park. 2010 marked the 10th anniversary of Hot Stove Cool Music, a charitable concert benefiting the Foundation To Be Named Later. At this event, Theo Epstein, Vice President and General Manager of the Boston Red Sox, announced a new scholarship in Gammons' name. The "Peter Gammons - Foundation To Be Named Later Scholarship presented by RISO" enables select Boston Public Schools students to attend college who otherwise might not have the chance.^[7]

Personal life[link]

Gammons was born in Boston and raised in Groton, Massachusetts, where he graduated from Groton School. He lives in Boston and Cape Cod with his wife Gloria.

On June 27, 2006, Gammons was stricken with the rupture of a brain aneurysm in the morning near his home on Cape Cod, Mass.^[1] and was initially taken to Falmouth Hospital before being airlifted to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston to undergo surgery. Sportswriter Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe reported that Gammons was expected to be in intensive care for 10 to 12 days. He was resting in intensive care following the operation, and doctors listed him in "good" condition the following day.^[2]

On July 17, he was released from the hospital and entered the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands.^[8]

On August 19, Gammons made his first public appearance since the aneurysm rupture at Fenway Park when the Red Sox played the Yankees.^[9]

Peter returned to ESPN on Wednesday, September 20, 2006. He reported from Fenway Park on the 6 P.M. edition of SportsCenter and the 7 P.M. edition of Baseball Tonight.Gammons resumed his regular reporting coverage during the 2007 baseball season.^[10]

Music[link]

Gammons has a penchant for indie rock and the blues, and is active in the Boston indie rock scene when his other commitments allow him the time; he has been sighted at several Midnight Oil shows, and has mentioned the band in several columns. He is also a fan of Pearl Jam, as he has talked about experiences at concerts as well as previous albums (as heard on various ESPN Radio shows.) With the assistance of a band of Boston musicians and former Boston Red Sox General Manager Theo Epstein, Gammons plays a Fender Stratocaster and sings at the annual Hot Stove, Cool Music concert event to benefit Theo and Paul Epstein's Foundation To Be Named Later, a charity that raises funds and awareness for non-profit agencies serving disadvantaged youth in the Greater Boston area.

Gammons' debut album, Never Slow Down, Never Grow Old, was released on July 4, 2006. Gammons sang and played guitar on this collection of originals and covers that includes The Clash's Death or Glory and Warren Zevon's Model Citizen. Proceeds again went to Epstein's charity.

The Boston Baseball Band wrote a song about Gammons called "Jammin' With Peter Gammons." Gammons founded the Hot Stove Cool Music benefit concert series with sportswriter Jeff Horrigan, Casey Riddles, Debbi Wrobleski, Mindy d'Arbeloff and singer Kay Hanley in December 2000. The fundraiser now takes place twice each year, with one show in January and another in July or August.

Gammons is tightly connected to the Boston rock scene. He even served as minister at the November 2007 marriage of bassist Ed Valauskas (Gravel Pit, the Gentlemen) and singer Jennifer D'Angora (Downbeat 5, the Dents, Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents).

References[link]

External links[link]

• Gammons' blog at ESPN.com
• Baseball Hall of Fame - Spink Award recipient
• Never Slow Down, Never Grow Old
• Foundation To Be Named Later
• Gammons visits Fenway Park

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