(Cooper Neill/The New York Times) (COOPER NEILL / NYT)Įarlier this month in the wake of his latest Baylor Unplugged, Hansen was profiled in the sports pages of The New York Times. He was born on 2nd August 1948 in Logan, Iowa. He hosts Dale Hansen’s Sports Special on Sundays at 10:35 pm and anchors the weeknight sports segment during the 10 pm newscasts.

'Not bad for a guy who was fired from 9 of his 11 jobs in television,' he said of his unlikely fame. Now these two teachers live in Waverly, up the hill from the campus where it. Dale Hansen is an American sportscaster working for WFAA as a sports anchor and Sports Director. Hansen's folksy but proudly progressive commentary about the issues of the day have made him an unlikely viral video star. Dale Hansen, the longtime sportscaster of WFAA, an ABC affiliate in Dallas, at his home in Waxahachie, Texas, Sept. Hopping mad about the stations decision to air a secretly recorded barroom video of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, veteran sports anchor Dale Hansen blistered WFAA8 management and television news in general during a markedly pointed 'Unplugged' commentary on that nights 10 p.m. It also drew invitations from CNN and NPR as well as a myriad of newspaper and magazine interview requests from across the country and around the world. When Dale Hansen, t he Peabody Award-winning sportscaster, Texan, and host of the WFAA show that bears his name, Dale Hansen Unplugged, ended his recent show by offering a pithy commentary in. That got him on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show. In 2014, his Unplugged in support of Michael Sam, who stepped out of the closet in advance of the NFL draft, was hailed by supporters of gay rights. They usually take him 15 minutes to write and two-to-three minutes to deliver. They've elevated him into a social media giant. And then there are his Unplugged segments. Abbott and our other state leaders have proven again that the rule of law doesnt matter, and court orders can be ignored as long as you are well-to-do and white.

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