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Longtime NBC Sports Announcer Dan Hicks Dies at 64

His family said the veteran golf announcer died after an acute illness, leaving behind a three-decade NBC Sports career and a lasting broadcasting legacy.

  • On Thursday, November 12, 2026, longtime NBC Sports broadcaster Dan Hicks died at age 64 following an acute illness, his wife ESPN broadcaster Hannah Storm announced.
  • During his 34-year tenure at NBC Sports, Hicks became the network's signature voice for golf while also covering Olympic swimming, alpine skiing, and Notre Dame football.
  • His most memorable broadcasts included calling Tiger Woods' 2008 U.S. Open victory and the American men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay comeback at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
  • NBC Sports executives Rick Cordella, Sam Flood, and Molly Solomon called Hicks an "exceptional storyteller," while his family remembered him as a "devoted husband" and "cherished friend."
  • Before his passing, Hicks was scheduled to call this weekend's game between the Fighting Irish and Boston College alongside analyst Jason Garrett and sideline reporter Caroline Pineda.
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Durango Herald broke the news on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
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