Dan Patrick reflects on relationship with former co-host Keith Olbermann, how ESPN didn't want them to succeed

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Dan Patrick will go down in history as one of the most prolific broadcasters in ESPN's history.

He co-hosted "SportsCenter" alongside Keith Olbermann throughout the 1990s, and they were also later side-by-side at NBC.

The two will be forever linked after their reign at ESPN.

Olbermann worked on and off at ESPN until 2018 and now hosts his own political podcast, while Patrick still hosts a sports show.

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Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick broadcast ahead of the 2009 Super Bowl. (Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

Their careers and their relationship have diverged since their last broadcast together, Patrick says, adding they didn't even socialize much while they were coworkers. 

But Patrick still has high praise for his former colleague.

"I still have great respect for him. He's the best teammate I ever had on ‘SportsCenter.’ He really mastered it. He was great at it," Patrick told OutKick's Dan Dakich.

Patrick says big wigs at their own network didn't wish them success.

Former MSNBC star Keith Olbermann appeared to end his subscription to The New York Times after seeing reports the outlet's publisher had been slamming President Biden for dodging interviews. (Getty Images)

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"Understand, at the time, management did not want us to succeed the way we succeeded. In the infamous words of one of my bosses, 'We don't want another [Chris] Berman,'" Patrick said. "Chris had gotten so big that he had kind of escaped. 

"So, they wanted the four letters to be