American sportscaster (born 1962)
Hannah Storm
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Born
| Hannah Lynn Storen
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1962-06-13
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June 13, 1962
(age 61)
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Alma mater
| University of Notre Dame
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Occupations
| - Television journalist
- television personality
- author
- sports anchor
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Years active
| 1984?present
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Spouse
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Children
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Hannah Lynn Storen Hicks
[1]
[2]
(born June 13, 1962),
[3]
known professionally as
Hannah Storm
, is an American television sports journalist, serving as the anchor of
ESPN
's
SportsCenter
. She was also host of the
NBA Countdown
pregame show on
ABC
as part of the network's
National Basketball Association
(NBA) Sunday game coverage.
Early life and career
[
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]
Storm was born in
Oak Park, Illinois
, and is the daughter of sports executive
Mike Storen
,
[4]
who was a commissioner of the
American Basketball Association
, general manager of that league's
Indiana Pacers
,
Kentucky Colonels
and
Memphis Sounds
franchises, and president of the
Atlanta Hawks
in the
NBA
.
[5]
Her mother, Hannah G. Storen, is a real estate broker.
[6]
Storm graduated from
The Westminster Schools
,
[7]
in
Atlanta
,
Georgia
, and in 1983 from the
University of Notre Dame
.
[8]
Storm took her on-air name during her stint as a disc jockey for a
hard rock
radio station in
Corpus Christi, Texas
, in the early 1980s.
[2]
While at Notre Dame, she worked for
WNDU-TV
, the then-Notre Dame-owned
NBC
affiliate in
South Bend, Indiana
.
[
citation needed
]
After graduation, she took a job as a disc jockey at
KNCN
(C-101) in
Corpus Christi, Texas
.
[
citation needed
]
Six months later, she got a job at a Houston rock station
KSRR
97 Rock as the drive-time sportscaster and traffic reporter
[
citation needed
]
Storm stayed in Houston for four years doing a variety of radio and television jobs, including hosting the
Houston Rockets
halftime and postgame shows and also hosted
Houston Astros
postgame shows on
KTXH
television.
[
citation needed
]
She worked as a weekend sports anchor on
WCNC-TV
36 (formerly WRET) in
Charlotte, North Carolina
, from 1988 to 1989. She transitioned to CNN from there.
[
citation needed
]
National career
[
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Storm's national experience began as the first
[
citation needed
]
female host on
CNN Sports Tonight
from 1989 to 1992. She also hosted
Major League Baseball Preview
and reported from
spring training
, the playoffs, and the
Daytona 500
. In addition, she hosted the
1990 Goodwill Games
for
TBS
.
NBC Sports
[
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]
In May 1992, Storm left CNN and was hired by NBC. She hosted for the
Olympic Games
, as well as
NBA
and
WNBA
basketball, the
National Football League
,
figure skating
and
Major League Baseball
. Storm became the first woman in American television history to act as solo host of a network's sports package when she hosted NBC Major League Baseball games from 1994 to 2000 (
CBS
'
Andrea Joyce
preceded her, but co-hosted the sports packages). She then hosted
The NBA on NBC
from
1997
to
2002
. Storm also anchored NBC Sports coverage of
Wimbledon
, French Open,
Notre Dame
football,
World Figure Skating Championships
, NBC SportsDesk, Men's and Women's
U.S. Open (golf)
and various college bowl games. Storm was also the first play-by-play announcer for the WNBA in 1997.
The Early Show
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]
On October 28, 2002, she moved to
CBS News
and became one of the hosts of
The Early Show
. As co-host of
The Early Show
, she covered major news events, including the
Iraq War
,
Hurricane Katrina
,
Super Bowls XXXVIII
and
XLI
, the
2004 Democratic National Convention
, the
2004
and
2008
presidential elections, and the
2005 London terrorist bombings
. Storm has interviewed major newsmakers such as President
George W. Bush
, First Lady
Laura Bush
, Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice
and Senators
John McCain
,
Hillary Clinton
and
Barack Obama
, as well as many sports and pop culture icons, including
Elton John
,
Paul McCartney
,
Peyton Manning
,
Tiger Woods
,
Jamie Foxx
,
Halle Berry
and
Jennifer Aniston
.
In addition to her duties on
The Early Show
, Storm hosted shows for the award-winning CBS newsmagazine,
48 Hours
. She also served as co-host of the network's
CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade
for five years. In 2007, Storm conceived and wrote a daily blog for
CBSNews.com
, which featured behind-the-scenes insight and stories of inspirational women.
During an
Early Show
on-air segment, Storm revealed on camera that she had a congenital defect known as
port-wine stain
under her left eye.
In November 2007, CBS announced that Storm was leaving
The Early Show
. Storm's last day as an
Early Show
co-host was December 7, 2007.
ESPN/ABC
[
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Storm joined
ESPN
on May 10, 2008. She anchors
SportsCenter
weekdays (except Fridays during the NFL season) from 9 am until noon and on Sunday mornings during the NFL season with
Bob Ley
. Her duties are to deliver highlights and to question analysts about sports topics.
In August 2009, she added tennis host to her ESPN duties by co-hosting the
2009 U.S. Open
with
Mike Tirico
and
Chris Fowler
. She also co-hosted the 2010 U.S. Open, 2011 Wimbledon and the 2011 U.S. Open.
In February 2010, fellow ESPN colleague
Tony Kornheiser
criticized her outfit that day on his radio show, saying that her outfit looked like "a sausage casing", and was suspended from ESPN for two weeks. He later apologized to her via a 15-minute phone conversation.
[9]
Beginning on April 3, 2010, Storm would host
ESPN Sports Saturday
, a show on corporate sibling
ABC
similar to that network's classic sports series,
Wide World of Sports
.
[10]
In June 2010, alongside fellow anchor
Stuart Scott
, Storm provided pregame coverage for the
2010 NBA Finals
between the
Boston Celtics
and
Los Angeles Lakers
. She later became host of the
NBA Countdown
pregame show for the 2010?2011 season, alternating with
Stuart Scott
, until the 2011?12 NBA season.
When Scott died in 2015, Storm was tasked with announcing the news on
SportsCenter
. She nearly broke down during the segment. On August 10, 2016, she also announced the death of another colleague,
John Saunders
, while airing live from
Olympics
coverage in
Rio de Janeiro
.
[11]
Amazon Prime
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In 2018, Storm and
Andrea Kremer
became the first female duo to call an NFL game, which they did for an
Amazon Prime
stream of
Thursday Night Football
.
[12]
Personal life
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On January 8, 1994, Storm married sportscaster
Dan Hicks
. The couple have three daughters together.
[13]
Storm is Catholic.
[14]
Storm was born with a large
port-wine stain
birthmark under her left eye which she talks about publicly in order to raise awareness about the condition.
[15]
In 2008 Storm created the Hannah Storm Foundation, which raises awareness and provides treatment for children suffering from debilitating and disfiguring vascular birthmarks.
[16]
She also sits on the boards of the
Tribeca Film Festival
,
Colgate
Women's Sports Awards, 21st Century Kids 1st Foundation, and has done extensive work with the
March of Dimes
,
Partnership for a Drug-Free America
,
Boys and Girls Club
,
Special Olympics
, the Women's Sports Foundation, Vascular Birthmark Institute,
University of Notre Dame
and the
Diocese of Bridgeport
. Storm also founded
Brainstormin' Productions
for the creation of educational and inspirational programming. In May 2011, Storm received "Celebrated Mom" award from LifeWorx, Inc.,
Chappaqua, New York
. This award is given to a mother who inspires others, in spite of career and family challenges.
Notre Dame Inspirations
funds a journalism scholarship in her name at her alma mater.
[17]
Storm has also contributed extensively to several magazines, including
Cosmopolitan
,
Nick Jr.
,
Family Circle
,
Child
and
Notre Dame Magazine
.
Accidental burning
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On December 11, 2012, Storm sustained second-degree burns to her chest and hands, and first-degree burns to her neck and face resulting from a propane-gas grill accident at her home.
[18]
Her 15-year-old daughter alerted authorities to the accident. Storm lost her eyebrows, eyelashes and roughly half her hair.
[19]
After receiving medical care from the Burn Center at Westchester Medical Center in
Valhalla, New York
, Storm returned to the air January 1, 2013, co-hosting the
Rose Parade
on ABC while wearing a bandage on her left hand and sporting hair extensions, and returned to
SportsCenter
on January 13, 2013, to host the Sunday-morning edition with Bob Ley.
[
citation needed
]
Career timeline
[
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Bibliography
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- Notre Dame Inspirations: The University's Most Successful Alumni Talk About Life, Spirituality, Football and Everything Else Under the Dome
,
Doubleday
, 2006.
ISBN
978-0-385-51812-3
- Go Girl! Raising Healthy Confident and Successful Daughters through Sports
,
Sourcebooks
, 2002 and 2011
References
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Hannah Storm [@HannahStormESPN] (April 14, 2014).
"Hannah Storm's middle name"
(
Tweet
) – via
Twitter
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Storm, Hannah (June 17, 2011).
"I sat next to Elvis"
.
ESPN.com
. Retrieved
May 9,
2020
.
My real name is Hannah Storen, and Dad's name, Mike Storen, is still there on any old ABA basketball you might come across.
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"Today in history"
.
The New York Times
.
Associated Press
. June 13, 2014. Archived from
the original
on July 16, 2015
. Retrieved
June 14,
2014
.
TV anchor Hannah Storm is 52.
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Rosenthal, Phil (July 6, 2017).
"Warrior Games in Chicago a meaningful assignment for ESPN's Hannah Storm"
.
Chicago Tribune
.
Archived
from the original on May 12, 2020
. Retrieved
May 12,
2020
.
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Walker, Ben (May 7, 2020).
"Ex-ABA commish Mike Storen, dad of Hannah Storm, dies at 84"
.
The Associated Press
.
Archived
from the original on May 12, 2020
. Retrieved
May 12,
2020
– via
NBA
.
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"Biographical Summaries of Notable People: Hannah G. Storen"
.
MyHeritage
.
Archived
from the original on May 12, 2020
. Retrieved
May 12,
2020
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Ho, Rodney (March 31, 2017).
"Westminster grad, ESPN's Hannah Storm in Atlanta for SunTrust Park opening, still loves the Braves"
.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
. Archived from
the original
on May 12, 2020
. Retrieved
May 12,
2020
.
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Nidetz, Steve (May 17, 1992).
"Storen's daughter takes NBC job by Storm"
.
The Baltimore Sun
.
Archived
from the original on May 12, 2020
. Retrieved
May 12,
2020
.
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Sporting News staff (February 23, 2010).
"ESPN suspends Tony Kornheiser for remarks about Hannah Storm"
.
Sporting News
.
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Eric Deggans (March 16, 2010).
"Hoping ESPN's new Saturday show breathes new life into an old idea"
. National Sports Journalism Center. Archived from
the original
on July 14, 2012.
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"Hannah Storm announces live on SportsCenter that John Saunders is dead"
. August 10, 2016.
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Mike Tanier.
"Monday Morning Digest: Gut Check Sunday Separates Pretenders from Contenders | Bleacher Report | Latest News, Videos and Highlights"
.
Bleacher Report
. Retrieved
October 1,
2018
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Burke, Monte (October 9, 2009).
"Off The Field With Hannah Storm"
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Forbes
. Retrieved
August 19,
2023
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Mitchell Owens.
"Hannah Storm's Stylish, Sophisticated, and Comfortable Home"
.
Traditional Home
. Archived from
the original
on October 6, 2016
. Retrieved
October 1,
2016
.
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Storm, Hannah (February 25, 2004). "Hannah Storm to discuss her birthmark on TV".
Deseret News Publishing Company
.
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"The Hannah Storm Foundation | About The Hannah Storm Foundation"
.
hannahstormfoundation.org
. Retrieved
March 5,
2016
.
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Storm, Hannah (September 14, 2006).
"
"Notre Dame Inspirations" - CBS News"
.
CBS News
. Retrieved
March 13,
2015
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"ESPN's Hannah Storm returns 3 weeks after grill accident"
.
Fox News
. January 1, 2013
. Retrieved
May 2,
2015
.
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Yuscavage, Chris (December 31, 2012).
"An ESPN Anchor Lost Her Eyebrows, Her Eyelashes, and Half of Her Hair in a Crazy Propane Gas Grill Accident"
.
Complex
. Retrieved
May 2,
2015
.
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"Hannah Storm, ? CBS News"
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CBS News
. October 14, 2002. Archived from
the original
on September 21, 2005.
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"Andrea Kremer And Hannah Storm Will Be First Female Duo To Call An NFL Game"
.
NPR.org
. Retrieved
October 19,
2020
.
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