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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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