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Tomasulo and Potash were among 10 male finalists, chosen by producers from a field of hundreds nominated by viewers, vying for one of five chances to fill in for Regis Philbin alongside Ripa in online balloting by viewers.

Another 10 women "From Local to 'Live' Co-Host for a Day" were competing for the chance to substitute for Ripa with Philbin.Winners of the Internet vote were announced on Wednesday on "Live," which follows the "WGN Morning News" weekdays on Chicago Tribune-parent Tribune Co.'s Channel 9.The men will co-host the week of Aug. 3. The women will get their shot the week of Aug. 17. Only full-time staffers of outlets carrying Live were eligible.

As noted here earlier, Disney-ABC Domestic Television, which syndicates Live, has done variations of this stunt before, as WFLD-Ch. 32 5 a.m. anchor Kori Chambers knows quite well.Tomasulo, a graduate of New Jersey's Trenton State College, has been with WGN for four years, previously working at WKBW-TV in Buffalo, N.Y., and WJFW-TV in Rhinelander, Wis.

WGN-Ch. 9 sportscaster Pat Tomasulo beat out a field that included his "WGN Morning News" colleague, anchor Larry Potash, to land a date as Kelly Ripa's co-host next Tuesday morning in New York on the nationally syndicated "Live With Regis and Kelly.I have a younger brother. There's only a three-year age difference between us and we both grew up eating and breathing sports. And, I'd be lying if I said that I didn't enjoy every single second of my childhood spent dominating him in Whiffle ball, basketball and any other impromptu game we could invent to be played in the living room.

So, maybe that's why I find the following clip much more hilarious than mean-spirited. It's of WGN sports reporter Pat Tomasulo throwing down a thundering dunk against a small child and involves some crying.Pat Tomasulo is the sports anchor and reporter on the WGN Morning News. He joined WGN-TV in June 2005.Prior to coming to WGN, Pat was sports reporter and anchor at WKBW-TV in Buffalo, NY for several years. He previously spent three years as sports director, weekend sports anchor and reporter at WJFW-TV in Rhinelander, WI.Pat received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Trenton State College in New Jersey.