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The loss of Dan Hicks hits hard, Lindsey Vonn has a couple screws loose & Mullen’s radical playoff idea
Legendary sports broadcaster Dan Hicks has died aged 64 after what was described as an acute illness. His death has prompted tributes to a voice associated with major moments in golf, the Olympics, American football and college sport.
The article recalls Hicks’s call of Tiger Woods’s long putt at the 2008 US Open and the United States’ men’s 4x100m freestyle relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It also reports that skier Lindsey Vonn underwent a five-hour operation to remove plates and screws from her leg and replace her ACL, her ninth surgery since a serious injury in February.
In short
- Broadcaster Dan Hicks has died aged 64.
- Hicks called major golf, Olympic and football events.
- Lindsey Vonn had her ACL replaced in a five-hour surgery.