# Al Michaels choked up remembering Dan Hicks on ‘TNF’ following sudden death

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/al-michaels-choked-up-remembering-dan-hicks-on-tnf-following-sudden-death/
- Published: 2026-11-13T13:24:09+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T14:42:52+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/13/sports/al-michaels-choked-up-remembering-dan-hicks-on-tnf/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Al Michaels honoured Dan Hicks during Thursday Night Football.
- Hicks died aged 64 after an acute illness.
- He was known for memorable golf and Olympic calls.

## Summary

Al Michaels paid an emotional on-air tribute to fellow broadcaster Dan Hicks during Thursday Night Football after Hicks died aged 64 following an acute illness. The tribute recognised Hicks’s long career and prompted Michaels to choke up as he spoke about his former NBC colleague.

Hicks joined NBC Sports in 1992 and was known for covering golf, tennis, Notre Dame football and Olympic swimming. His notable calls included Tiger Woods’s putt at the 2008 US Open and the United States’ comeback in the Olympic 4×100-metre swimming relay in Beijing. He had been due to call Notre Dame’s game against Boston College on Saturday; his wife, Hannah Storm, described the family as heartbroken by his sudden death.

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