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Hannah Storm began her career being told she would never make it in sports broadcasting. Since then, she has had one of the great careers of a generation from CNN to NBC to CBS News to ESPN. Plus, she, along with NBC’s Dan Hicks, happen to be one of the all-time sports media couples.

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Here’s what’s on the pod:

* How Hannah’s last name went from Storen to Storm

* She was told that no one would hire her

* Her dad, longtime sports executive, Mike Storen, advised her to focus on radio

* How she had to prevent cows from entering a station in Texas

* What were locker rooms like for her from Michael Jordan to Albert Belle

* How she was the first female NFL sideline reporter

* O.J. Simpson's role in her getting the job

* How she was treated - mistreated -- by an NFL coach

* The trailblazers from Phyllis George, Gayle Gardner, Lesley Visser and Robin Roberts

* NBC vs. Turner and lawyering up

* NBC Olympics, NBA and Wimbledon stories

* After NBC lost sports properties, she headed to news and CBS

* How she almost hosted The View

* The hardest part of doing news was ...

* She would read her hate mail at CNN

* When she and Andrea Kremer called an alt-cast for Amazon on Thursday Night Football, she saw the responses

* How she is not afraid of change

* What ESPN means to her

* Who is the greatest sports media couple of all-time

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