Katie Nolan

Katie Nolan
Born Katherine Beth Nolan
(1987-01-28) January 28, 1987
Boston, Massachusetts
Education Hofstra University (B.A., public relations, 2009)
Occupation Television host, Internet personality
Notable credit(s) Crowd Goes Wild
No Filter with Katie Nolan
Garbage Time with Katie Nolan
The Garbage Time Podcast with Katie Nolan

Katherine Beth "Katie" Nolan (born January 28, 1987) is an Emmy-winning American sports personality and television host on Fox Sports 1. Nolan currently hosts the weekly series Garbage Time with Katie Nolan, which premiered on March 15, 2015.

Education

Nolan graduated from Framingham High School in Framingham, Massachusetts in 2005 and Hofstra University in 2009 with a degree in public relations.[1][2]

Career

While bartending in Boston, she started a blog called Bitches Can't Hang which focused on pop culture and news. In 2011, Nolan began working with Guyism, part of Fox Sports' Yardbarker network, where she produced and hosted the YouTube series Guyism Speed Round.[3]

Fox Sports

Nolan joined Fox Sports 1 in August 2013 as a digital correspondent for Crowd Goes Wild, a sports/entertainment talk show hosted by Regis Philbin.[4][5] 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 New York Times[6] and received praise in multiple media outlets.[7][8][9] Nolan appeared as a panelist on a January 2015 episode of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.[10]

She is currently the host of the weekly Fox Sports 1 show Garbage Time with Katie Nolan which premiered on March 15, 2015.[11] Deadspin praised Nolan's April 12, 2015 piece criticizing the blog posting called "How to land a husband at the Masters" which appeared on a fellow Fox reporter's blog.[12] Garbage Time won a Sports Emmy for 'Outstanding Social TV Experience' on 10 May 2016.[13]

As of September 2016, Nolan began hosting NFL Films Presents airing on Fox Sports 1. NFL and Fox Sports 1 made a joint desicion to choose Nolan as the new host.[14]

Other work

In December 2015, Nolan teamed up with United Airlines for a new web-based series of videos entitled Big Metal Bird 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.[15] Nolan was featured in an episode of Drunk History on October 18, 2016, narrating how Theodore Roosevelt campaigned for rule changes in football due to the violence of the game in the 1900s.

References

  1. ↑ "Katie Nolan: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  2. ↑ "Q&A with 'Garbage Time' host Katie Nolan". Newsday. Newsday. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  3. ↑ Dickey, Jack (November 19, 2014). "Katie Nolan on bartending, Regis and "tweeter" and one-upping Bumgarner". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  4. ↑ Cardillo, Mike (March 6, 2014). "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). Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  5. ↑ Lowry, Brian (August 19, 2013). "TV Review: 'Fox Sports 1's Crowd Goes Wild'". Variety. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  6. ↑ Mahler, Jonathan (September 21, 2014). "In Coverage of N.F.L. Scandals, Female Voices Puncture the Din". The New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  7. ↑ Maine, D'Arcy (September 11, 2014). "Standing Ovation For Katie Nolan's Stance On Ray Rice Situation". ESPNW. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  8. ↑ McKeever, Mare (September 11, 2014). "Fox Sports' Katie Nolan on why not to boycott NFL because of Ray Rice". Philly.com. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  9. ↑ Bailey, Alyssa (September 11, 2014). "Fox Anchorwoman Accuses Sports Media of Sexism". Elle. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  10. ↑ "The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore: Season 1, Episode 8". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  11. ↑ Dougherty, Pete (February 18, 2015). "FS1 creates show for Nolan, hires Balboni from ESPN". The Times Union. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Katie Nolan Devastates Co-Worker's Horrible Blog On Garbage Time".
  13. ↑ "Katie Nolan Wins Sports Emmy".
  14. ↑ Ben Koo. "Katie Nolan is the New Host of NFL Films Presents, so why isn't Fox Promoting it?". Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  15. ↑ http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25867686-post1.html

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