{"id":8673,"date":"2026-11-12T17:07:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T17:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srknationsports.com\/?p=8673"},"modified":"2026-11-12T17:07:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T17:07:47","slug":"dan-hicks-passes-away-at-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srknationsports.com\/?p=8673","title":{"rendered":"Dan Hicks Passes Away at 64: Remembering the Legendary Sports Broadcaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Remarkable Career in Broadcasting<\/p>\n<p>Longtime sports broadcasting figure Dan Hicks has passed away at the age of 64. His death followed a sudden and acute illness. The news was shared publicly by his wife, Hannah Storm, who is a prominent broadcaster for ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Remembering His Contributions<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his professional journey, Dan Hicks became a familiar and trusted voice for sports fans across the nation. His work with NBC Sports cemented his legacy as a premier broadcasting talent, delivering memorable calls and insightful commentary for numerous high-profile sporting events over the decades.<\/p>\n<p>Tributes and Remembrances<\/p>\n<p>Following the announcement made on Thursday, colleagues, fans, and sports organizations expressed their condolences and shared memories of his impactful career. His enduring presence in sports journalism leaves behind a significant legacy in the broadcasting community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime NBC Sports broadcaster Dan Hicks has died at age 64 following an acute illness, as announced by his wife, Hannah Storm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[7526,7528,4507,984,7527],"class_list":["post-8673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-sports","tag-dan-hicks","tag-hannah-storm","tag-nbc-sports","tag-obituary","tag-sports-broadcaster"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/srknationsports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/srknationsports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/srknationsports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srknationsports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srknationsports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/srknationsports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srknationsports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/srknationsports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srknationsports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srknationsports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}