Marchand Sports Media Trailblazing Hannah Storm's illustrious run
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Hannah Storm began her career being told she would never make it in sports broadcasting. Since then, she has had one of the great careers of a generation from CNN to NBC to CBS News to ESPN. Plus, she, along with NBC’s Dan Hicks, happen to be one of the all-time sports media couples.
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Here’s what’s on the pod:
* How Hannah’s last name went from Storen to Storm
* She was told that no one would hire her
* Her dad, longtime sports executive, Mike Storen, advised her to focus on radio
* How she had to prevent cows from entering a station in Texas
* What were locker rooms like for her from Michael Jordan to Albert Belle
* How she was the first female NFL sideline reporter
* O.J. Simpson's role in her getting the job
* How she was treated - mistreated -- by an NFL coach
* The trailblazers from Phyllis George, Gayle Gardner, Lesley Visser and Robin Roberts
* NBC vs. Turner and lawyering up
* NBC Olympics, NBA and Wimbledon stories
* After NBC lost sports properties, she headed to news and CBS
* How she almost hosted The View
* The hardest part of doing news was ...
* She would read her hate mail at CNN
* When she and Andrea Kremer called an alt-cast for Amazon on Thursday Night Football, she saw the responses
* How she is not afraid of change
* What ESPN means to her
* Who is the greatest sports media couple of all-time
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