Dan Hicks, NBC sportscaster and Arizona native, dies at 64

Dan Hicks, a longtime NBC Sports broadcaster who was born in Tucson, died Wednesday at age 64. His family and NBC announced the death Thursday. He died in Connecticut of an acute illness, according to his wife, ESPN host Hannah Storm. Hicks graduated from the University of Arizona with a journalism degree. He began as a local radio and TV sports reporter and anchor in Tucson before joining CNN in 1989. He joined NBC in 1992 and spent the rest of his career there. He was best known as NBC's lead golf play-by-play announcer and called 27 U.S. Opens and 23 U.S. Women's Opens. Hicks also covered 16 Olympic Games and Notre Dame football for NBC. He was scheduled to work the Fighting Irish's game against Boston College on Saturday. Storm, who met Hicks when both worked at CNN, said the family was heartbroken by the sudden loss. The couple had been married more than 30 years and had three daughters.