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24 Facts About Katie Nolan

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Katherine Beth Nolan was born on January 28,1987 and is an American sports media personality and host.

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Katie Nolan won a Sports Emmy Award in 2016 for Garbage Time and was nominated for another in 2019 and 2020 for Always Late.

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Katie Nolan has been a commentator for Apple TV+'s Friday Night Baseball and created short-form content at NBC Sports.

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In 1997, at age 10, Katie Nolan won the gold medal in rhythmic gymnastics at the Junior Olympics.

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Katie Nolan graduated from Framingham High School in 2005, and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations with a minor in Dance from Hofstra University in 2009.

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In 2011, while bartending in Boston at the White Horse Tavern, Katie Nolan started a blog called Bitches Can't Hang, which focused on pop culture and news.

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At that time, Katie Nolan began working with Guyism, part of the Fox Sports Yardbarker network, where she produced and hosted the YouTube series Guyism Speed Round.

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In January 2015, Katie Nolan appeared as a panelist on an episode of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.

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Nolan was formerly the host of the weekly Fox Sports 1 show Garbage Time with Katie Nolan, which premiered on March 15,2015.

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In September 2016, Katie Nolan began hosting NFL Films Presents, airing on Fox Sports 1.

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Katie Nolan was the social media reporter for Super Bowl LI.

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Katie Nolan 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.

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Katie Nolan has said she likes going on Highly Questionable.

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In early November 2017, it was announced that Katie Nolan would be doing a podcast with ESPN beginning in January in addition to a digital show later.

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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.

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In 2019, the show moved to ESPN2 and the ESPN app, with Katie 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.

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On September 29,2021, Katie Nolan announced her departure from ESPN.

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In January 2025, Katie Nolan launched a new sports podcast produced by Sirius XM, Casuals.

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In December 2015, Katie Nolan teamed up with United Airlines for a new web-based series of videos titled "Big Metal Bird", which explains some of the inner workings of various facets of United Airlines.

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Katie Nolan has appeared in three episodes of the Comedy Central program Drunk History.

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Katie Nolan is the former Guinness World Record holder for most donuts stacked in a tower while blindfolded, doing so on the November 7,2018 episode of Always Late.

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Katie Nolan joined NBC Olympics in time for the 2022 Winter Olympics, which began on February 3,2022.

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

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In December 2022, Katie Nolan announced her engagement to comedian Dan Soder.