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Dan Hicks, Longtime NBC Sports Broadcaster and Voice of Olympic Swimming, Dies at 64
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Dan Hicks, the veteran NBC Sports broadcaster who spent more than three decades calling some of the biggest moments in golf, Olympic swimming and college football, died Wednesday in Connecticut following an acute illness. He was 64. His death was confirmed Thursday by his wife, E
Dan Hicks, the veteran NBC Sports broadcaster who spent more than three decades calling some of the biggest moments in golf, Olympic swimming and college football, died Wednesday in Connecticut following an acute illness. He was 64. His death was confirmed Thursday by his wife, ESPN broadcaster Hannah Storm, who described his passing as sudden […]
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