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Daniel Wesley Rydell |
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Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'11"
Age: 31 in 2000 (Apology)
Hometown: Somewhere in Connecticut (Small Town) |
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Family: Father, Jacob (The Cut-Man Commeth), Mother (Dear Louise), Older brother, David (Shane), deceased younger brother, Sam (Apology). Sam was two years younger than Dan. He was into dope and died the night he got his drivers license, going for a drive with his friends (Apology). |
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History: When he was little, he would watch fights with his dad from the floor so he wouldn't spill his rootbeer on the couch (The Cut-Man Commeth). He did dope from at least ages 16-28 (Apology). He stopped when Sam died. Dan attended Dartmouth College and attended Psych 101 on occasion (The Sword of Orion). After Sam's death, he went though Post-Traumatic spells (Shane). |
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Since Sports Night Started: He was misinterpreted as to supporting the legalization of marijuana (Apology) and was "grounded" for six months (6 Southern Gentlemen). He was also in trouble because he sang Happy Birthday on the air, not realizing it was protected material (Intellectual Property). He went out with a woman named Elaine, but quickly forgot about her when he met Rebecca Wells (Rebecca). After 17 attempts, he finally got her to go out with him (Dana and the Deep Blue Sea). He found out she wasn't actually divorced (Eli's Coming), then was dumped as she went back to her womanizing husband (Ten Wickets). He misspoke in front of Hillary Clinton, who he had a crush on (WSWtwC). One night at Anthony's, he met Abby Jacobs, a psychiatrist. He thought he was arranging a date, but ended up in therapy with her as the doctor, because he blamed himself for Sam's death. He got incredibly POed when he had to miss a golf outing with David Duval on Draft Day and created a deliberate sabotage of Casey (Draft Day), then apologized at the Passover Seder the next week (April is the Cruelest Month). He hired a publicist, then fired her, then rehired her (Bells and a Siren) because he was angry that Casey made the Sports Reports 100 Most Influencial People in Sports List and he did not (Celebrities). Puzzled over who the flowers signed RW were from, he found himself realizing that Rebecca was back (La Forza del Destino). She showed up at the studio and asked him to dinner, saying she and Steve were actually divorced, but he turned her down, saying he might have to go to LA without Casey and he didn't want Rebecca factoring into that descision (Quo Vadimus). |
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Likes: - Mallomars (Intellectual Property)
- Grape Jelly (Sword of Orion)
- Hillary Clinton (WSWtwC)
- Baseball (TGWtP! TGWtP!)
- Water Sports
Dislikes:- Soccer; It's a mind-numbing bore (THatH)
- Lisa (Pilot)
- Publicists (Bells and a Siren) |
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Finest Moments: "I'm sorry, Sam. You deserved better in my hands. And I apologize." - The Apology
"I brought you some spackle." -Cliff Gardner
"I've got the intellectual property cops crawling up my butt." -Intellectual Property
"Robert Wagner has sent me flowers." -La Forza del Destino
"For I am Dan, doer of good things where women are concerned." -Sword of Orion
"The sophomore sensation credits her agility and quick first step to her father, who used to take her to a neighborhood park all covered with cheese." -Dana and the Deep Blue Sea |
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