Katie Nolan Explained

Katie Nolan
Birthname:Katherine Beth Nolan
Birth Date:28 January 1987
Birth Place:Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education:Hofstra University (BA)
Years Active:2011–present
Credits:Crowd Goes Wild
No Filter with Katie Nolan
Touchdown in Israel
Garbage Time with Katie Nolan
NFL Films Presents
The Garbage Time Podcast with Katie Nolan
SportsCenter on Snapchat
Always Late w/ Katie Nolan
Sports? with Katie Nolan podcast

Katherine Beth Nolan (born January 28, 1987)[1] is an American sports television personality and host. She has been a commentator for Apple TV+'s Friday Night Baseball and created short-form content at NBC Sports. She formerly hosted a weekly ESPN podcast called Sports? With Katie Nolan, Always Late with Katie Nolan on ESPN2, and Garbage Time with Katie Nolan on Fox Sports. She won a Sports Emmy Award in 2016 for Garbage Time and was nominated for another in 2019 and 2020 for Always Late.[2] [3]

Early life

Nolan was raised in Framingham, Massachusetts.[4] In 1997, at age 10, Nolan won the gold medal in rhythmic gymnastics at the Junior Olympics.[5] She graduated from Framingham High School in 2005,[6] [7] and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations with a minor in Dance from Hofstra University in 2009.[8] [9]

Career

In 2011, while bartending in Boston at the White Horse Tavern, Nolan started a blog called Bitches Can't Hang, which focused on pop culture and news.[10] At that time, Nolan also began working with Guyism, part of the Fox Sports Yardbarker network, where she produced and hosted the YouTube series Guyism Speed Round. In her videos, she delivered a monologue of comedic and sarcastic one-liners in the style of Saturday Night Lives Weekend Update. In an interview with GQ in 2018, Nolan expressed regret for how Bitches Can't Hang and her "being mean about women" jump-started her career.[5]

Fox Sports

In August 2013, Nolan joined Fox Sports 1 as a digital correspondent for Crowd Goes Wild, a sports/entertainment talk show hosted by Regis Philbin.[11] [12] Nolan also hosted the FoxSports.com web series No Filter with Katie Nolan. A September 2014 video featuring commentary on the Ray Rice domestic violence incident was picked up by The New York Times[13] and received praise in multiple media outlets.[14] [15] [16] In January 2015, Nolan appeared as a panelist on an episode of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.

Nolan was formerly the host of the weekly Fox Sports 1 show Garbage Time with Katie Nolan, which premiered on March 15, 2015.[17] Deadspin praised Nolan's April 12, 2015 episode where she criticized the blog posting titled "How to land a husband at the Masters", which had appeared on a fellow Fox reporter's blog.[18] Garbage Time won a Sports Emmy for 'Outstanding Social TV Experience' on May 10, 2016.[19]

In September 2016, Nolan began hosting NFL Films Presents, airing on Fox Sports 1. NFL and Fox Sports 1 made a joint decision to choose Nolan as the new host.[20]

On February 23, 2017, it was announced that Garbage Time would either be retooled from its current format, or Fox Sports would find a new hosting vehicle for Nolan.[21] After seven months without a show, Nolan left Fox Sports in September 2017.[22]

ESPN

On October 4, 2017, ESPN announced the hiring of Nolan, who would appear across ESPN studio programming and have a digital presence.[23] She made her debut as a guest panelist on ESPN's Highly Questionable on October 19, 2017; she has since guest-hosted that show several times, and appeared on the sister radio show The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz.[24] She has said she likes going on Highly Questionable.[25]

In early November 2017, it was announced that Nolan would be doing a podcast with ESPN beginning in January in addition to a digital show later.[26] In November, she began as one of the hosts of SportsCenter on Snapchat.[27]

In 2018, Nolan began hosting a weekly ESPN podcast, Sports? with Katie Nolan and in 2020 was shifted into a biweekly show.[28] In September 2018, her ESPN+ series Always Late with Katie Nolan launched; a 'best of the year' episode aired on the main ABC network on December 30, 2018.[29] In 2019, the show moved to ESPN2 and the ESPN app, with Nolan citing that she and her staff could post more show clips to social media, as being confined to ESPN+ restricted the amount of the program which could be posted to free venues.[30]

Always Late was canceled in 2020.[31] On September 29, 2021, Nolan announced her departure from ESPN.[32]

Other work

In December 2015, Nolan teamed up with United Airlines for a new web-based series of videos titled "Big Metal Bird",[33] which explains some of the inner workings of various facets of United Airlines. The premiere episode debuted on December 15, 2015, and explained how United's baggage handling system operates. Future episodes are intended to address customer feedback that United has received.[34]

Nolan has appeared in three episodes of the Comedy Central program Drunk History. On October 18, 2016, she narrated the story of Theodore Roosevelt's campaign for rule changes in football due to the violence of the game in the early 1900s. On February 13, 2018, she narrated the story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem.[35] On January 30, 2019, she talked about the Black Sox Scandal involving the fixing of the 1919 World Series.[36]

Nolan is also the former Guinness World Record holder for most donuts stacked in a tower while blindfolded (seven), doing so on the November 7, 2018 episode of Always Late.[37]

She joined NBC Olympics in time for the 2022 Winter Olympics, which began on February 3, 2022.[38]

Nolan joined the broadcast team for Apple TV's Friday Night Baseball starting in April 2022 in a one-season experiment.

In 2024 Nolan also appeared as a contestant and finalist in "Celebrity Jeopardy!".[39]

In 2025 Katie Nolan host of jeopardy tournament of champions

Personal life

In December 2022, Nolan announced her engagement to comedian Dan Soder.[40] [41]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Birthday: Web site: Happy Birthday To Me - No Filter with Katie Nolan. 2014-01-28. Fox Sports. YouTube. 2023-07-19.
    Age in October 2017 (30): News: Katie Nolan Is Heading to ESPN. Katz. A. J.. 2017-10-04. Adweek. 2023-07-19.
  2. Web site: Katie Nolan Won a Sports Emmy. 2016-05-11. The Big Lead. en. 2019-04-29.
  3. Web site: 40th Annual Sports Emmy Nominations Announced – The Emmys. emmyonline.tv. April 3, 2019 . en-US. 2019-04-29.
  4. Web site: Katie Nolan . ESPN Press Room . 28 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200424023011/https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/katie-nolan/ . April 24, 2020.
  5. Web site: Skipper . Clay . Katie Nolan Is Ready to Put It All Out There . . October 29, 2018 . September 10, 2019.
  6. Web site: Katie Nolan: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know. Heavy.com. February 26, 2015 . December 10, 2015. en-US.
  7. Web site: Q&A with Katie Nolan, host of 'Garbage Time' on Fox Sports 1 . Neil . Best . March 5, 2015 . Newsday . December 10, 2015 . December 11, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151211085100/http://www.newsday.com/sports/media/q-a-with-katie-nolan-host-of-garbage-time-on-fox-sports-1-1.10017208 . dead .
  8. News: Fearless Katie Nolan speaks hard truths about sports on 'Garbage Time' . Finn . Chad . . January 27, 2016 . February 4, 2020.
  9. Web site: Comm Alum's Star Rises with New National Cable Show . Neena . Samuel . September 4, 2013 . News@Hofstra . Hofstra University . February 8, 2018.
  10. Dickey. Jack. Katie Nolan on bartending, Regis and "tweeter" and one-upping Bumgarner. 2022-01-23. Sports Illustrated. en-us.
  11. Web site: Cardillo. Mike. Katie Nolan Talks Slamming Rick Reilly, Teaching Regis How to Use the Internet and Why She Doesn't Have a Wikipedia Page. The Big Lead (USA Today). March 6, 2014. 2015-02-24.
  12. Lowry. Brian. TV Review: 'Fox Sports 1's Crowd Goes Wild'. Variety. August 19, 2013. 2015-02-24.
  13. News: Mahler. Jonathan. In Coverage of N.F.L. Scandals, Female Voices Puncture the Din. The New York Times. September 21, 2014. February 24, 2015.
  14. Web site: Maine. D'Arcy. Standing Ovation For Katie Nolan's Stance On Ray Rice Situation. https://web.archive.org/web/20140912210407/http://espn.go.com/espnw/athletes-life/blog/post/14195/standing-ovation-katie-nolan-stance-ray-rice-situation. dead. September 12, 2014. ESPNW. September 11, 2014. 2015-02-24.
  15. Web site: McKeever. Mare. Fox Sports' Katie Nolan on why not to boycott NFL because of Ray Rice. Philly.com. September 11, 2014. 2015-02-24.
  16. Bailey. Alyssa. Fox Anchorwoman Accuses Sports Media of Sexism. Elle. September 11, 2014. 2015-02-24.
  17. News: Dougherty. Pete. FS1 creates show for Nolan, hires Balboni from ESPN. The Times Union. February 18, 2015. 2015-02-24.
  18. Web site: Burke, Timothy . April 13, 2015 . Katie Nolan Devastates Co-Worker's Horrible Blog On Garbage Time . Deadspin.com . 2016-12-21.
  19. sportsemmys . 730176088572350466 . May 10, 2016 . Katie Nolan Wins Sports Emmy.
  20. Web site: September 8, 2016 . Koo, Ben . Katie Nolan is the New Host of NFL Films Presents, so why isn't Fox Promoting it?. 2016-12-21 . AwfulAnnouncing.com.
  21. Web site: FS1 has plans for 'five times as much Katie Nolan' . Michael . McCarthy . February 23, 2017 . . 2018-02-08.
  22. Web site: Tornoe . Rob . It's been a bad 24 hours for Fox Sports . October 4, 2017 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . 2017-10-09.
  23. News: Bonesteel . Matt . To the surprise of no one, ESPN is hiring Katie Nolan . October 4, 2017 . The Washington Post . October 4, 2017.
  24. Web site: Katie Nolan started her ESPN career by reminding everyone that she's from Boston . Andrew . Joseph . October 19, 2017 . USA Today . 2018-02-08.
  25. Web site: ESPN's Katie Nolan . November 26, 2019 . Sports Illustrated Media Podcast . Sports Illustrated . 2019-11-27.
  26. Web site: Katie Nolan getting her own podcast, digital show on ESPN . Joey . Morona . November 8, 2017 . . . 2018-02-08.
  27. Web site: What does ESPN hope to accomplish with SportsCenter on Snapchat? . Ken . Fang . November 15, 2017 . Awful Announcing . 2018-02-08.
  28. Web site: Sports? with Katie Nolan Show - PodCenter - ESPN Radio. ESPN Radio. January 28, 2018.
  29. Web site: New ESPN digital shows include Katie Nolan late night show, daily SportsCenter series in ESPN app . Joe . Lucia . May 2, 2018 . Awful Announcing . May 5, 2018.
  30. Traina . Jimmy . JimmyTraina . 1200427198567657472 . 29 November 2019 . SI MEDIA PODCAST w Katie Nolan. Topics: - 'Always Late with Katie Nolan' moving from digital to TV - Doing comedy vs. doing monologues - Issues w people who cover sports media - RedZone is porn - Why she loves soccer - Wanting to become a wrestling fan . 2019-12-02.
  31. Web site: Rigdon . Jay . Katie Nolan confirms Always Late was canceled last year . Awful Announcing . February 3, 2022 . July 6, 2021.
  32. News: Jacobs . Melissa . ESPN should have built around the brilliant Katie Nolan. Her exit is their loss . 30 September 2021 . . September 30, 2021.
  33. Web site: Big Metal Bird . United Airlines.
  34. Web site: Introducing Big Metal Bird . December 15, 2015 . www.flyertalk.com . 2018-02-08.
  35. 'Drunk History': Abbi Jacobson Plays Gloria Steinem, Undercover Playboy Bunny . Joyce . Chen . February 13, 2018 . Rolling Stone . 2020-02-03.
  36. News: 'Drunk History' puts a unique spin on the 1919 Black Sox scandal . Tracy . Swartz . January 28, 2019 . Chicago Tribune . 2020-02-03.
  37. Admin (2018-11-08). Katie Nolan stacks doughnuts blindfolded for Guinness World Record | Always Late with Katie Nolan. Originally retrieved from https://newsdaily.today/katie-nolan-stacks-doughnuts-blindfolded-for-guinness-world-record-always-late-with-katie-nolan-8/. Archived on 2018-11-21 at https://web.archive.org/web/20181121072843/tps://newsdaily.today/katie-nolan-stacks-doughnuts-blindfolded-for-guinness-world-record-always-late-with-katie-nolan-8/.
  38. Web site: KATIE NOLAN JOINS NBC OLYMPICS TEAM FOR 2022 WINTER GAMES . NBC Sports Pressbox . February 3, 2022 . en . February 3, 2022.
  39. Web site: Celebrity Jeopardy . . January 23, 2024 . 2024-01-28.
  40. News: Rosvoglou . Chris . December 27, 2022 . Look: Former ESPN Host Katie Nolan Reveals She's Engaged . The Spun . live . November 20, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231116054025/https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/look-former-espn-host-katie-nolan-reveals-shes-engaged . November 16, 2023.
  41. Web site: The Vikings Tailgate: Dan Soder & His Friendship With Coach Mike McDaniel SF Episode 25 . 2023-11-20 . www.vikings.com . en-US.

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