Hannah Storm (born
Hannah Storen on June 13, 1962, in
Oak Park, IllinoisOak Park, Illinois is a suburb bordering the west side of the city of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is the twenty-fifth largest city in Illinois. Oak Park has easy access to downtown Chicago thanks to public transportation such as the Chicago 'L' Blue and Green lines, CTA...
) is an American television sports journalist, and anchor of
ESPNESPN is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day....
's
SportsCenterSportsCenter is a daily sports news television show, and the flagship program of American cable network ESPN since the network launched on September 7, 1979. Originally airing once per day, SportsCenter is now shown up to twelve times a day, replaying the day's scores and highlights from major...
. From
2002The year 2002 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2002.For the American TV schedule, see: 2002-03 United States network television schedule.-Events:...
until
2007The year 2007 in television involves some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2007.-January–March:-April–June:-July–September:-October–December:-Debuts:-Television shows:-1950s:...
, Storm was one of the hosts of
CBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...
'
The Early ShowThe Early Show is an American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City, 7 to 9 a.m. Monday through Saturday. The Early Show features celebrity interviews and light entertainment and news pieces.In some markets, the Saturday version may not air...
.
Storm is the daughter of sports executive
Mike StorenMike Storen is an American sports executive, perhaps best known for his tenure as commissioner of the American Basketball Association.Mike Storen started in professional sports management in 1963, after serving in the United States Marine Corps, as promotions director for the Baltimore Bullets of...
, who was a commissioner of the old
American Basketball AssociationThe American Basketball Association was a professional basketball league founded in 1967. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA-NBA merger in 1976.-League history:...
and the president of the
Atlanta HawksThe Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Hawks are coached by Mike Woodson, who is in his fifth season at the helm.-The first years:The...
in the
NBAThe National Basketball Association is a professional basketball league, composed of thirty teams in North America . It is an active member of USA Basketball , which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation as the National Governing Body for basketball in the United States...
. She graduated from
Westminster SchoolsThe Westminster Schools is a private secondary school in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1951 and tracing its origins to 1878, Westminster has the largest endowment of any non-boarding secondary school in the United States...
of
AtlantaAtlanta is the capital and most populous city in the state of Georgia, as well as the urban core of one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States....
in 1979 and the
University of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA....
in 1983, with degrees in
political sciencePolitical science is a social science concerned with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. It is often described as the pragmatic application of the art and science of politics defined as "who gets what, when and how",...
and communications.
Hannah Storm (born
Hannah Storen on June 13, 1962, in
Oak Park, IllinoisOak Park, Illinois is a suburb bordering the west side of the city of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is the twenty-fifth largest city in Illinois. Oak Park has easy access to downtown Chicago thanks to public transportation such as the Chicago 'L' Blue and Green lines, CTA...
) is an American television sports journalist, and anchor of
ESPNESPN is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day....
's
SportsCenterSportsCenter is a daily sports news television show, and the flagship program of American cable network ESPN since the network launched on September 7, 1979. Originally airing once per day, SportsCenter is now shown up to twelve times a day, replaying the day's scores and highlights from major...
. From
2002The year 2002 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2002.For the American TV schedule, see: 2002-03 United States network television schedule.-Events:...
until
2007The year 2007 in television involves some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2007.-January–March:-April–June:-July–September:-October–December:-Debuts:-Television shows:-1950s:...
, Storm was one of the hosts of
CBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...
'
The Early ShowThe Early Show is an American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City, 7 to 9 a.m. Monday through Saturday. The Early Show features celebrity interviews and light entertainment and news pieces.In some markets, the Saturday version may not air...
.
Early life and career
Storm is the daughter of sports executive
Mike StorenMike Storen is an American sports executive, perhaps best known for his tenure as commissioner of the American Basketball Association.Mike Storen started in professional sports management in 1963, after serving in the United States Marine Corps, as promotions director for the Baltimore Bullets of...
, who was a commissioner of the old
American Basketball AssociationThe American Basketball Association was a professional basketball league founded in 1967. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA-NBA merger in 1976.-League history:...
and the president of the
Atlanta HawksThe Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Hawks are coached by Mike Woodson, who is in his fifth season at the helm.-The first years:The...
in the
NBAThe National Basketball Association is a professional basketball league, composed of thirty teams in North America . It is an active member of USA Basketball , which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation as the National Governing Body for basketball in the United States...
. She graduated from
Westminster SchoolsThe Westminster Schools is a private secondary school in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1951 and tracing its origins to 1878, Westminster has the largest endowment of any non-boarding secondary school in the United States...
of
AtlantaAtlanta is the capital and most populous city in the state of Georgia, as well as the urban core of one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States....
in 1979 and the
University of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA....
in 1983, with degrees in
political sciencePolitical science is a social science concerned with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. It is often described as the pragmatic application of the art and science of politics defined as "who gets what, when and how",...
and communications. She is married to
Dan HicksJohn Daniel "Dan" Hicks 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...
.
Storm took her professional surname during her stint as a
disc jockeyA disc jockey is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, dis
k referred to phonograph records, while dis
c referred to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling...
for a
hard rockHard rock or heavy rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music...
radio station in
Corpus Christi, TexasCorpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties.MSA population in 2008 is 416, 376. The population was 277,454 at the 2000 census; in 2006 the US Census...
, in the early-1980s. While at Notre Dame, she worked for
WNDU-TVWNDU-TV is a television station in South Bend, Indiana. The station is an affiliate of the NBC television network. Its transmitter is located in South Bend...
, the Notre Dame-owned
NBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California...
affiliate in
South Bend, IndianaSouth Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, on the St. Joseph River. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total of 107,789 residents; its Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 316,663...
. After graduation, she took a job as a disc jockey at KNCN-FM (C-101) in
Corpus Christi, TexasCorpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties.MSA population in 2008 is 416, 376. The population was 277,454 at the 2000 census; in 2006 the US Census...
. Six months later, she got a job at a Houston rock station as the drive-time sportscaster. Storm stayed in Houston for four years doing a variety of radio and television jobs, including hosting the
Houston RocketsThe Houston Rockets is an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The team plays in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1967, and played in San Diego, California for four years, before being...
halftime and postgame shows and also hosted Houston Astros postgame shows on television.
CNN
After a brief stint at
Charlotte, North CarolinaCharlotte is the largest city in the state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. Charlotte's population was estimated to be 687,456 in 2008, making it the 18th largest city in the United States. Residents of Charlotte are referred to as "Charlotteans"...
, station WPCQ (now
WCNCWCNC-TV is the NBC affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina. It broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 22 and is carried on cable channel 6 on most area cable systems. Charlotte was the largest market with an NBC affiliate on the analog UHF band. It is owned by the Belo Corporation...
) as a sports anchor and reporter, Storm's national television experience began as the first female host of
CNN Sports Tonight from 1989–1992. She also hosted
Major League Baseball Preview and reported from spring training, the playoffs and
Daytona 500The Daytona 500 is a -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is one of four restrictor plate races on the Cup schedule. Matt Kenseth is the defending champion of the race....
. During her time at CNN, she met fellow sportscaster
Dan HicksJohn Daniel "Dan" Hicks 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...
, whom she later married in 1994 and with whom she has three daughters.
NBC Sports
In 1992, Storm left CNN and was hired by NBC. She hosted for the
Olympic GamesThe Olympic Games are a major international event of summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes compete in a wide variety of events. The Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating. Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in...
, as well as NBA and
WNBAThe Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of thirteen teams. The league was founded in 1996 as the women's counterpart to the NBA...
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a
10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
, the
National Football LeagueNFL on NBC is the brand given to NBC Sports coverage of National Football League games until 1998, when NBC lost the NFL American Football Conference rights to CBS...
,
figure skatingFigure skating is a Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...
, and Major League Baseball. Storm became the first woman in
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television history to act as solo host of a network's sports package when NBC had her host Major League Baseball games from to . She then hosted
The NBA on NBC from 1997 to 2002. Storm also anchored NBC Sports coverage of
WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is generally considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877...
, French Open,
Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA....
football, NBC SportsDesk, Men's and Women's
U.S. Open (golf)The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
and various college bowl games. Storm also made history as the first play-by-play announcer for the WNBA in 1997. Hannah's extensive sideline and feature reporting includes coverages of the NFL, NBA, professional tennis, men's and women's golf college football and figure skating.
While covering the
1995 World SeriesThe 1995 World Series matched the Atlanta Braves against the Cleveland Indians, with the Braves winning in six games to capture its third World Championship in franchise history , making them the first franchise to win three crowns in three different cities...
for NBC, Storm unwittingly came into the cross hairs of volatile
Cleveland IndiansThe Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field . The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
slugger
Albert BelleAlbert Jojuan Belle is a former American Major League Baseball outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, and Baltimore Orioles...
. Prior to Game 3, Storm was waiting in the Indians' dugout for a prearranged interview with Indians leadoff man,
Kenny LoftonKenneth Lofton is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He batted and threw left-handed. During his career he played for the Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox, San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies,...
. Then out of nowhere, Belle came screaming profanities towards Storm.
The Early Show
In
October 2002October 2002 was the tenth month of the common year. It began on a Tuesday and ended after 31 days on a Thursday. October 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December-Events:...
, she moved to
CBS NewsCBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. Its current president is Sean McManus who is also head of CBS Sports...
and became one of the hosts of
The Early ShowThe Early Show is an American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City, 7 to 9 a.m. Monday through Saturday. The Early Show features celebrity interviews and light entertainment and news pieces.In some markets, the Saturday version may not air...
. As co-host of
The Early Show, she covered major news events, including the
Iraq WarThe Iraq War, also known as the Occupation of Iraq or Operation Iraqi Freedom, is an ongoing military campaign which began on March 20, 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a multinational force led by troops from the United States and the United Kingdom.Prior to the war, the governments of the United...
,
Hurricane KatrinaHurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States...
,
Super Bowls XLISuper Bowl XLI was an American football game that featured the American Football Conference champion Indianapolis Colts and the National Football Conference champion Chicago Bears to decide the National Football League champion for the 2006 season...
and
XXXVIIISuper Bowl XXXVIII was an American football game played on February 1, 2004 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas to decide the National Football League champion following the 2003 regular season....
, the
2004 Democratic National ConventionThe 2004 Democratic National Convention was a United States presidential nominating convention that took place from July 26 to July 29, 2004 at the FleetCenter , in Boston, Massachusetts...
, the 2004 U.S. presidential election, 2008 presidential elections, and the London terror bombings. Storm has interviewed major newsmakers such as President
George W. BushGeorge Walker Bush was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000....
, First Lady
Laura BushLaura Lane Welch Bush is the wife of the forty-third President of the United States, George W. Bush, and was the First Lady of the United States from January 20, 2001 to January 20, 2009....
, Secretary of State
Condoleezza RiceCondoleezza Rice is a professor, diplomat, author, and national security expert. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, and the second to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush...
and Senators
John McCainJohn Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....
, Hillary Clinton and
Barack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office, as well as the first president born in Hawaii...
, as well as many sports and pop culture icons, including
Elton JohnSir Elton Hercules John, CBE is an English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.In his four-decade career, John has sold more than 200 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. His single, Candle in the Wind 1997, has sold over 37 million copies, becoming the...
,
Paul McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE , is an English singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record and film producer, painter, and animal rights and peace activist. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings, McCartney is the most successful songwriter in the history of popular music...
,
Peyton ManningPeyton Williams Manning is an American football quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. One of only two three-time NFL MVPs, he is statistically regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time...
,
Tiger WoodsEldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No...
,
Jamie FoxxEric Marlon Bishop , professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and singer. For his work in the film Ray, Foxx won the Academy Award and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Actor...
,
Halle BerryHalle Berry is an American actress, former fashion model, and beauty queen. Berry received an Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, and an NAACP Image award for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and won an Academy Award for Best Actress and was also nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2001 for her performance in...
and
Jennifer AnistonJennifer Joanna Aniston is an American actress. She became famous in the 1990s for her role as Rachel Green in the US sitcom Friends, a role for which she won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award....
.
In addition to her duties on
The Early Show, Storm hosted shows for the award-winning CBS newsmagazine,
48 Hours48 Hours is a documentary and news program broadcast on the CBS television network since January 19, 1988. The program originally presented documentaries of various events related to a particular subject occurring within a 48-hour period, and is credited as one of the first to air a "reality show"...
. 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 stainA port-wine stain or naevus flammeus is a vascular birthmark consisting of superficial and deep dilated capillaries in the skin which produce a reddish to purplish discolouration of the skin. They are so called for their colour, resembling that of port wine. It is part of the family of disorders...
under her left eye.
In November 2007, CBS announced that Storm was leaving
The Early ShowThe Early Show is an American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City, 7 to 9 a.m. Monday through Saturday. The Early Show features celebrity interviews and light entertainment and news pieces.In some markets, the Saturday version may not air...
. Storm's last day as an
The Early Show co-host was December 7, 2007.
ESPN
Storm joined
ESPNESPN is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day....
on May 10, 2008. She currently anchors
SportsCenterSportsCenter is a daily sports news television show, and the flagship program of American cable network ESPN since the network launched on September 7, 1979. Originally airing once per day, SportsCenter is now shown up to twelve times a day, replaying the day's scores and highlights from major...
weekdays (except Fridays during the NFL season) from 9 a.m. until noon with co-anchor
Josh ElliottJosh Elliott is a sports journalist with ESPN. He currently co-anchors the live SportsCenter telecast from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET with co-anchor Hannah Storm...
and the Sunday mornings during the NFL season with
Bob LeyBob Ley is a sportscaster for the ESPN cable-TV network.-Biography:Ley grew up in Bloomfield, New Jersey, where he attended Bloomfield High School. He got his start in broadcasting at WSOU at Seton Hall University...
. 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 with
Mike TiricoMichael Jonathon Tirico is the lead broadcaster for ESPN's presentation of Monday Night Football, and second lead broadcaster for ESPN's presentation of the NBA. In addition, Tirico hosts a multitude of programming on ESPN/ABC. He was the host of ABC's golf coverage from 1996 to 2007, and...
and
Chris FowlerChris Fowler is a sports broadcaster for ESPN known best for his work on College GameDay for college football. Since 1989, Fowler has been the primary studio host for college football. Until 2006, he was also the lead studio host for men's college basketball on ESPN...
the 2009 U.S. Open
Other notable accomplishments
She has written two books, as well as contributed extensively for several magazines, including
CosmopolitanCosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
,
Nick Jr.,
Family CircleFamily Circle is an American women's magazine published 15 times a year by Meredith Corporation. It is, by many accounts, the best-selling women's magazine in America, with more than 4,000,000 subscribers and an advertising "reach" of roughly 20,000,000. It began publication in 1932 as a...
,
ChildChild is a discontinued American parenting magazine founded by Jackie Leo and MaryAnn Sommers in 1986 and published through 2007. It was originally backed by Italian publishers, then sold to The New York Times Magazine Group which published it until 1995 along with its other women’s magazines,...
, and
Notre Dame Magazine.
In 2008, Storm created the Hannah Storm Foundation, which raises awareness and provides treatment for children suffering from debilitating and disfiguring vascular birthmarks. She also sits on the boards of the
Tribeca Film FestivalThe Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Manhattan....
, Colgate Women's Sports Awards, 21st Century Kids 1st Foundation, and has done extensive work with the
March of DimesMarch of Dimes is a United States health charity whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality....
, Partnership for Drug-Free America, Boys and Girls Club,
Special OlympicsSpecial Olympics is an international organization created to two years, alternating between Summer and Winter Games. There are also local, national and regional competitons in over 150 countries worldwide.-History:...
, the Women's Sports Foundation, Vascular Birthmark Institute,
University of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA....
, and the Diocese of Bridgeport. Storm also founded
Brainstormin' Productions for the creation of educational and inspirational programming.
Storm has written two books:
Go Girl, a parenting guide for raising daughters to participate in sports, which is in its second printing, and
Notre Dame Inspirations, which funds a journalism scholarship in her name at her alma mater.
Career timeline
- 1989–1992: CNN Sports Tonight Anchor
- 1995, 1997, 1999: World Series
The World Series has been the annual championship series of the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada since 1903, concluding the postseason of Major League Baseball...
Host
- 1997–2002: NBA on NBC Host
- 1997: WNBA on NBC Play-by-Play
- 2002–2007: The Early Show
The Early Show is an American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City, 7 to 9 a.m. Monday through Saturday. The Early Show features celebrity interviews and light entertainment and news pieces.In some markets, the Saturday version may not air...
Co-Host
- 2008–present: SportsCenter
SportsCenter is a daily sports news television show, and the flagship program of American cable network ESPN since the network launched on September 7, 1979. Originally airing once per day, SportsCenter is now shown up to twelve times a day, replaying the day's scores and highlights from major...
Anchor
Books
- Notre Dame Inspirations: The University's Most Successful Alumni Talk About Life, Spirituality, Football-and Everything Else Under the Dome, Doubleday, 2006. ISBN 978-0385-51812-3
- Go Girl! Raising Healthy Confident and Successful Daughters through Sports, Sourcebooks, 2002
External links