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Dan Hicks, the voice of NBC Sports (5 min), with captions The story Dan Hicks, the longtime NBC Sports play-by-play announcer, died on Wednesday, November ...

Dan Hicks, the voice of NBC Sports (5 min), with captions The story Dan Hicks, the longtime NBC Sports play-by-play announcer, died on Wednesday, November 11, at age 64. His wife, ESPN anchor Hannah Storm, announced the death on Thursday, saying the family was heartbroken by his "sudden and unexpected passing" following an acute illness. She described him as a devoted husband of over 30 years and a loving father to their three daughters. Hicks was the lead voice of NBC's golf coverage and called 15 Olympic Games. A native of Tucson, Arizona, and a University of Arizona graduate, he worked as a sports anchor at CNN starting in 1989 before joining NBC Sports in 1992, where he remained until his death. NBC Sports counts 34 years at the network, including 26 years as the lead voice of its golf coverage beginning in 2000, 15 Olympic Games as a play-by-play announcer and seven seasons calling Notre Dame football. By sport, the network lists eight Olympic Games of swimming, which it calls a record, four of Alpine skiing and three of speed skating. A swimming magazine counts five Games of Alpine skiing, and the network's own count is the one used in its tally. Among his best-known calls was the June 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego, where Tiger Woods needed a 12-foot putt on the last hole to force a playoff with Rocco Mediate. When the putt went in, Hicks said three words: "Expect anything different?" Two months later in Beijing, he called the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay in which Jason Lezak's final leg won gold over France, keeping Michael Phelps on course for eight gold medals at a single Games. NBC Sports says Hicks called all 28 of Phelps' Olympic medals from 2004 through 2016. Phelps wrote on Thursday that Hicks was "a voice that will forever be part of my story." Swimming analyst Rowdy Gaines, his partner in the booth for eight Olympics, said Hicks "made me laugh like no other person ever has" and that he would miss "his voice, his steadiness, and just having him next to me." Hicks was in his seventh season as the play-by-play voice of Notre Dame football on NBC, having called those games from 2013 to 2016 and again from 2024. Earlier in his career he called NFL and NBA games in the 1990s and later the French Open in tennis. He won a Sports Emmy for NBC's coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics, and his last Olympics was the Milan Cortina Games in February 2026, where he called Alpine skiing. NBC Sports executives Rick Cordella, Sam Flood and Molly Solomon said in a joint statement that Hicks was "an extraordinary colleague, friend and person" and "an exceptional storyteller and caller of games and events." The PGA Tour said the sound of his voice is woven into its memories of the game. Highlights Highlight In pictures Listen The episode as audio