Dan and Keith are back together.

The duo that made SportsCenter must see TV will now be together on the network that coined the phrase must see TV.

NBC announced that Dan Patrick will join Keith Olbermann Monday.

The two teamed together from 1992-97 on ESPN's highlight show, now they'll be part of a team of hosts on NBC's Sunday night NFL coverage.

Patrick joins the returning cast of NBC's studio show that includes Olbermann and host Bob Costas. Patrick said the idea originated in casual conversations with Costas, some of whose highlight duties he will take.

Patrick's discussions with NBC initially took place last summer. But his then-employer, ESPN, invoked a clause in Patrick's contract and barred him from covering the NFL or Olympics on TV for a year, said NBC Sports chief Dick Ebersol.

Since leaving ESPN in August, Patrick has hosted a radio show and written for Sports Illustrated.

Patrick will work Super Bowls that NBC broadcasts and will participate in the network's Olympic coverage starting with the Winter Games in 2010.

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