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Longtime NBC Sports announcer Dan Hicks dies at 64
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What happenedSportscaster Dan Hicks, who was the voice of golf, Olympic swimming and Notre Dame football during a 35-year career at NBC Sports, has died, his family and NBC announced Thursday.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Longtime NBC Sports announcer Dan Hicks dies at 64". The right frames it as "NBC Sports Announcer Dan Hicks Dies at 64".
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10 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
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Left / center-leftLongtime NBC Sports announcer Dan Hicks dies at 64
The Seattle Times · Center-left · News report
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Right / center-rightNBC Sports Announcer Dan Hicks Dies at 64
Longtime NBC Sports and PGA Tour golf announcer Dan Hicks died at 64 after an acute illness. Hicks spent more than three decades at NBC and called many of golf’s most memorable moments; he...
Longtime NBC Sports announcer Dan Hicks dies at 64
Sportscaster Dan Hicks, who was the voice of golf, Olympic swimming and Notre Dame football during a 35-year career at NBC Sports, has died, his family and NBC announced Thursday.
Dan Hicks, the longtime NBC Sports broadcaster whose voice carried fans through some of golf’s and Olympic swimming’s biggest moments, died Wednesday after an acute illness. He was 64. His...
Longtime NBC Sports announcer Dan Hicks dies at 64
Sportscaster Dan Hicks, who was the voice of golf, Olympic swimming and Notre Dame football during a 35-year career at NBC Sports, has died, his family and NBC announced Thursday. He was 64...
Ben Jared / Ben Jared/PGA TOUR, Getty Images The iconic NBC Sports newscaster Dan Hicks died Wednesday following an acute illness, his family announced. He was 64. His family did not disclo...
Longtime NBC Sports announcer Dan Hicks dies at 64
Sportscaster Dan Hicks, who was the voice of golf, Olympic swimming and Notre Dame football during a 35-year career at NBC Sports, has died, his family and NBC announced Thursday. He was 64.
