Pat Sweeney
Pat is a St. Paul native who graduated with a journalism degree from that city's College of St. Thomas. Pat started his broadcasting career on the studio crew of KTCA-TV (PBS) in St. Paul. He also worked as a Minneapolis Tribune copy editor, and as an announcer and sportscaster at two suburban Twin Cities radio stations. Pat moved to North Dakota in 1980, working at Williston's KUMV-TV and Dickinson's KQCD-TV before coming to WDAZ in 1982.Pat became Channel 8 sports director in 1983. From 1984 to 2012, Pat served as the play-by-play voice of University of North Dakota hockey, football, and basketball telecasts produced by WDAZ. His work has been seen nationally on ESPNU, NHL Network and Fox College Sports. He also worked 28 years as host and/or producer of WDAZ's University of North Dakota coaches' shows.
Pat is a three-time North Dakota Sportscaster of the Year recipient, and his work for WDAZ News during the 1997 flood disaster helped WDAZ win a 1998 Edward R. Murrow Award for spot news coverage.
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GIRLS GOLF: Regular Season Wrap-up at EGF Invitational
EAST GRAND FORKS, MN (WDAZ-TV) - Northwest Minnesota girls golf teams wrap up the final regular season this week and for some, it ended Monday at the East Grand Forks Invitational.WDAZ, 05/21/2012
BASEBALL: Sioux on a Streak
GRAND FORKS (WDAZ-TV) - The Sioux baseball team is in the middle of a 15-game homestand and it has been a good one so far.WDAZ, 05/07/2012
FOOTBALL: Hawkins Heads to Vikings Mini-camp
GRAND FORKS (WDAZ-TV) - UND's Dominique Hawkins left Grand Forks for the Twin Cities with the goal of getting a contract with the Minnesota Vikings.WDAZ, 05/01/2012
BOYS GOLF: Blustery Day at EGF Invitational
EAST GRAND FORKS, MN (WDAZ-TV) - Friday was not the best day to be golfing as the competitors found out a the East Grand Forks boys invitational.WDAZ, 04/27/2012
UND BASEBALL: Sioux Take on Northern Colorado
GRAND FORKS (WDAZ-TV) - UND's baseball team is riding high. Now the Sioux want to maintain that feeling. They took a three-game win streak into Friday's home conference opening against Northern Colorado.WDAZ, 04/27/2012
Kristo Returning for Senior Season
GRAND FORKS (WDAZ-TV) - After his best year as a Sioux, forward Danny Kristo has decided to return to UND for his senior season.WDAZ, 04/24/2012
UND's Hakstol Signs 6-year Contract Extension
GRAND FORKS (WDAZ-TV) - UND men's hockey coach Dave Hakstol says he has the best job in hockey. And on Thursday, UND made sure Hakstol will stay in his job by signing him to a six-year contract extension.WDAZ, 04/19/2012
UND's Hakstol Named National Coach of the Year
GRAND FORKS (WDAZ-TV) - Dave Hakstol led the Sioux men's hockey team through some substantial adversity this season, winning a third consecutive Broadmoor trophy, then getting the team to the West Region final.WDAZ, 04/13/2012
UND's Brock Nelson Signs With New York Islanders
MacWilliam, Rowney returningGRAND FORKS (WDAZ-TV) - Forward Brock Nelson is the first non-senior to leave the Fighting Sioux men's hockey team. The Warroad, MN, native has signed a three-year entry-level contract with the NHL's New York Islanders who drafted him in the first round in 2010.
WDAZ, 04/03/2012
UND Jerseys Without 'Fighting Sioux' Revealed
(WDAZ-TV) - The Fighting Sioux men's hockey team is facing Western Michigan on Saturday in the NCAA tournament and they'll be wearing new jerseys without the Sioux nickname or logo.WDAZ, 03/23/2012
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