Dan Hicks (sportscaster)

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John Daniel "Dan" Hicks^[1] (born on June 2, 1962 in Tucson, Arizona) is an American sportscaster for NBC. His primary duties for the network include play-by-play commentary for golf, but he also does occasional play-by-play commentary for The AFL on NBC and Notre Dame football. Hicks was also a play-by-play man for The NBA on NBC, and The NFL on NBC, and was a tower announcer for NBC's golf coverage until Dick Enberg left NBC for CBS in 2000, promoting Hicks to the top spot. Hicks also hosts NBC's annual winter sports special, Ice.

He is also the primary anchor for the network's sports updates every weekend. Hicks is also heavily involved in NBC's Olympic Games coverage. During the Summer Olympics, Hicks is the stroke-by-stroke announcer for swimming, and he is the play-by-play announcer for speed skating for the Winter Olympics, in addition to serving as co-host of the Closing Ceremony. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Hicks called diving. At the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics, Hicks served as late-night anchor, although in 2004, Pat O'Brien served as late-night host for the first week of the games because of Hicks' swimming duties. Hicks also hosted the former CNBC show, The Olympic Show. He served as the play by play announcer for NBC's coverage of Speed Skating in the 2006 Winter Olympics.

His biggest job before joining NBC was as a sports reporter for CNN, where he met his wife, Hannah Storm, who is co-anchor on CBS' The Early Show. Hicks and Storm have been married since January 8, 1994. They have three daughters.

Hicks graduated from the University of Arizona in 1984. He is also known to do good impressions of former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw, and fellow NBC Sports colleague Bob Costas, and once had his impression of former President of the United States Richard Nixon as the outgoing message on his answering machine.^[2]

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1. ^ WEDDINGS; Hannah Storen, Dan Hicks - New York Times
2. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/06/AR2006060600761_2.html</ref? He lives in Greenwich, Connecticut.<ref>Costaregni, Susie, "Elegant cocktail party benefits programs at Community Centers", the [[November 26]], [[2006]] ''The dish with susie'' column in ''The Advocate'' of Stamford (also appeared in ''Greenwich Time''): "The event also showcased a live auction featuring a golf foursome at the Bayonne Golf Club with NBC sportscasters '''Dan Hicks of Greenwich''' and Jimmy Roberts"</li></ol></ref>

   [edit] External links

   • October 2004 interview with Hicks from the Arizona Daily Wildcat
   • "What makes Hicks tick?" Winter 2002 article on Hicks and Storm from UA's alumni magazine