Dan Hicks, NBC sportscasting legend and husband of ESPN anchor Hannah Storm, unexpectedly dies at 64
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Set us as preferred The three pillars of Dan Hicks’ career as an NBC Sports broadcaster were golf, the Olympics and Notre Dame football, in no particular order.Yet the towering pillars in his life were his wife of 32 years, ESPN broadcaster Hannah Storm, and their three daughters.
Storm broke the news Thursday that Hicks died suddenly a day earlier at 64, triggering an outpouring of grief, heartfelt condolences and tributes.“Our family is heartbroken by the sudden and unexpected passing of Dan following an acute illness,” Storm wrote on social media.
“He was a devoted husband of over 30 years, loving father to our three daughters, and cherished friend to so many.His loss is immeasurable.”Hicks was a familiar, authoritative voice during NBC coverage of 26 years of the PGA Tour, 16 Olympics beginning with the 1992 Barcelona Games and seven seasons of Notre Dame football.
He was scheduled to call Saturday’s game between the Irish and Boston College.“Dan Hicks was an extraordinary colleague, friend and person.In his 34 years at NBC Sports, he was an exceptional storyteller and caller of games and events who elevated some of the biggest moments in sports history,” NBC Sports president Rick Cordella, executive producer Sam Flood and executive producer Molly Solomon said in a statement.“But far beyond his on-air excellence, Dan was a better person who welcomed teammates with a smile, a joke, or a word of encouragement, sometimes all three in the same sentence.”Hicks anchored the network’s golf coverage of the U.S.
Open, The Open Championship, Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup and the U.S.Women’s Open.
He won a Sports Emmy for his work on the 2024 Paris Olympics and was the Alpine skiing play-by-play announcer at the Milan Cortina Games last winter.His most famous call on the golf course came at the 2008 U.S.Open ...