Phil Ceppaglia

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Phil Ceppaglia, better known as Phil "The Showkiller," is associate producer of The Dan Patrick Show on ESPN Radio.

He is a Buffalo, New York-native and a 1997 graduate of St. Bonaventure. He got his nickname while working for The Tony Kornheiser Show, which formerly aired on ESPN Radio. During his first month as a show producer, Ceppaglia mistakenly passed along to Tony the wrong hometown for a caller. When the caller corrected his hometown on-air, Kornheiser began lambasting Ceppaglia:

"Phil's a dope." Kornheiser said.

"Phil's killing the show," his co-host Andy Pollin chimed in.

"Phil's a showkiller," Kornheiser replied.

The nickname stuck.

Dan Patrick also teases Phil for accidentally hanging up on President Clinton during the first year of the Dan Patrick Show.

Phil's mother, a resident of suburban Buffalo and mother of seven, has been known for picking upset winners on the Tony Kornheiser Show's NCAA Basketball Pool since 2001. In 2006, Phil's mother picked the George Mason Patriots to win the entire tournament (to the astonishment of the show staff, and the pleasure of GMU head coach, Jim Larranaga). Although the Patriots made a historic run to the Final Four, they were defeated by the Florida Gators and did not get a chance to play for the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.

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