Dan Hicks, NBC Sports Group.s longtime and critically-acclaimed golf and Olympic commentator, will join NBC Sports. Notre Dame Football coverage this season as its lead play-by-play voice. His first assignment comes this Saturday, April 20, when NBC Sports Network presents Notre Dame Football.s 84th Annual Blue-Gold Game at 1 p.m. Et. Hicks is well-known for his coverage of high-profile events, such as the PGA Tour, the U.S. Open, the Ryder Cup, Olympic speed skating and Olympic swimming, which includes all of Michael Phelps. 18 gold medal victories. Hicks also has significant football experience, having called NFL games in the 1990s for NBC.s Afc package. Earlier this year, he teamed with Mike Mayock and Alex Flanagan for the Afc...
- 4/15/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
If you get all your news on the internet (thank you for reading!), you may have the impression that NBC has been an utter failure during the London Olympics — a disappointment to the nation, a puddle of undeserved sweat, not even worthy of bronze. Can you imagine if Ryan Seacrest had devoted a “Social Download” segment to the rise and continued rise of the prevalent hashtag #NBCFail? He might have had to cut out Angelina’s leg to get the point across!
But while the same few thousand people who write all of the articles on the internet complained about #NBCFail,...
But while the same few thousand people who write all of the articles on the internet complained about #NBCFail,...
- 8/13/2012
- by Annie Barrett
- EW.com - PopWatch
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