Katie Nolan#ESPN

Nolan was raised in Framingham, Massachusetts.{{cite news |title=Katie Nolan |url=https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/katie-nolan/ |newspaper=Espn Press Room U.S. |access-date=28 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424023011/https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/katie-nolan/ |archive-date=April 24, 2020}} In 1997, at age 10, Nolan won the gold medal in rhythmic gymnastics at the Junior Olympics.{{cite web | last=Skipper | first=Clay | url=https://www.gq.com/story/katie-nolan-always-late-interview | title=Katie Nolan Is Ready to Put It All Out There | work=GQ | date=October 29, 2018 | access-date=September 10, 2019}} She graduated from Framingham High School in 2005,{{Cite web|title = Katie Nolan: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|url = http://heavy.com/sports/2015/02/katie-nolan-fox-twitter-garbage-time-crowd-goes-wild-youtube-facebook-instagram-bio-info/|website = Heavy.com| date=February 26, 2015 |access-date = December 10, 2015|language = en-US}}{{Cite web | title = Q&A with Katie Nolan, host of 'Garbage Time' on Fox Sports 1 | first = Neil | last = Best | date = March 5, 2015 | url = https://www.newsday.com/sports/media/q-a-with-katie-nolan-host-of-garbage-time-on-fox-sports-1-1.10017208 | website = Newsday | access-date = December 10, 2015 | archive-date = December 11, 2015 | archive-url = 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 | url-status = dead }} and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations with a minor in Dance from Hofstra University in 2009.{{cite news | url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2016/01/27/fearless-katie-nolan-speaks-hard-truths-about-sports-garbage-time/EI7WzotFL47Dhl3DTNCTPN/story.html | last=Finn | first=Chad | title=Fearless Katie Nolan speaks hard truths about sports on 'Garbage Time' | work=The Boston Globe | date=January 27, 2016 | access-date=February 4, 2020}}{{cite web | url=https://news.hofstra.edu/2013/09/04/rising-star/ | title=Comm Alum's Star Rises with New National Cable Show | first=Neena | last=Samuel | date=September 4, 2013 | website=News@Hofstra | publisher=Hofstra University | access-date=February 8, 2018}}

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.{{Cite magazine|last=Dickey|first=Jack|title=Katie Nolan on bartending, Regis and "tweeter" and one-upping Bumgarner|url=https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2014/11/19/katie-nolan-interview|access-date=2022-01-23|magazine=Sports Illustrated|language=en-us}} 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 Live{{'}}s 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.

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.{{cite web| last=Cardillo| first=Mike| url=http://thebiglead.com/2014/03/06/katie-nolan-talks-slamming-rick-reilly-teaching-regis-how-to-use-the-internet-and-why-she-doesnt-have-a-wikipedia-page/

| title=Katie Nolan Talks Slamming Rick Reilly, Teaching Regis How to Use the Internet and Why She Doesn't Have a Wikipedia Page| website=The Big Lead (USA Today)| date=March 6, 2014| access-date=2015-02-24}}{{cite magazine| last=Lowry| first=Brian| url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/reviews/fox-sports-1s-crowd-goes-wild-review-1200581497/| title=TV Review: 'Fox Sports 1's Crowd Goes Wild'| magazine=Variety| date=August 19, 2013| access-date=2015-02-24}}

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{{cite news| last=Mahler| first=Jonathan| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/sports/football/after-nfl-scandals-female-journalists-find-stronger-voice.html| title=In Coverage of N.F.L. Scandals, Female Voices Puncture the Din| newspaper=The New York Times| date=September 21, 2014| access-date=February 24, 2015}} and received praise in multiple media outlets.{{cite web| last=Maine| first=D'Arcy| url=http://espn.go.com/espnw/athletes-life/blog/post/14195/standing-ovation-katie-nolan-stance-ray-rice-situation| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912210407/http://espn.go.com/espnw/athletes-life/blog/post/14195/standing-ovation-katie-nolan-stance-ray-rice-situation| url-status=dead| archive-date=September 12, 2014| title=Standing Ovation For Katie Nolan's Stance On Ray Rice Situation| publisher=ESPNW| date=September 11, 2014| access-date=2015-02-24}}{{cite web| last=McKeever|first=Mare| url=http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/trending/Fox-Sports-Katie-Nolan-on-why-not-to-boycott-Ray-Rice.html?c=r| title=Fox Sports' Katie Nolan on why not to boycott NFL because of Ray Rice| publisher=Philly.com

| date=September 11, 2014| access-date=2015-02-24}}{{cite magazine| last=Bailey| first=Alyssa| url=http://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/news/a24545/fox-sports-anchor-called-out-fox-for-sexism/| title=Fox Anchorwoman Accuses Sports Media of Sexism| magazine=Elle| date=September 11, 2014| access-date=2015-02-24}} 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.{{cite news| last=Dougherty| first=Pete| url=http://blog.timesunion.com/sportsmedia/fs1-creates-show-for-nolan-hires-balboni-from-espn/15949/| title=FS1 creates show for Nolan, hires Balboni from ESPN| newspaper=The Times Union| date=February 18, 2015| access-date=2015-02-24}} 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.{{cite web | author=Burke, Timothy | date=April 13, 2015 | title=Katie Nolan Devastates Co-Worker's Horrible Blog On Garbage Time |url=http://deadspin.com/katie-nolan-devastates-co-workers-horrible-blog-on-garb-1697415399 | website=Deadspin.com | access-date=2016-12-21}} Garbage Time won a Sports Emmy for 'Outstanding Social TV Experience' on May 10, 2016.{{cite tweet |user=sportsemmys |number=730176088572350466 |date=May 10, 2016 |title=Katie Nolan Wins Sports Emmy}}

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.{{cite web | date=September 8, 2016 |author=Koo, Ben |url=http://awfulannouncing.com/2016/katie-nolan-is-the-new-host-of-nfl-films-presents-so-why-isnt-fox-promoting-it.html|title=Katie Nolan is the New Host of NFL Films Presents, so why isn't Fox Promoting it?|access-date=2016-12-21 | website=AwfulAnnouncing.com}} She was the social media reporter for Super Bowl LI.

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.{{cite web | url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/other-sports/news/katie-nolan-future-garbage-time-jay-onrait-dan-otoole-fs1-fox-sports-live-canceled-show/14s2d1o8c4lke1asx0ezom1o0n | title=FS1 has plans for 'five times as much Katie Nolan' | first=Michael | last=McCarthy | date=February 23, 2017 | work=Sporting News | access-date=2018-02-08}} After seven months without a show, Nolan left Fox Sports in September 2017.{{cite web | last1=Tornoe | first1=Rob | title=It's been a bad 24 hours for Fox Sports | date=October 4, 2017 | url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/sports/colin-cowherd-philadelphia-katie-nolan-espn-fs1-knicks-subway-ads-20171004.html | work=The Philadelphia Inquirer | access-date=2017-10-09}}

On October 4, 2017, ESPN announced the hiring of Nolan, who would appear across ESPN studio programming and have a digital presence.{{cite news | last1=Bonesteel | first1=Matt | title=To the surprise of no one, ESPN is hiring Katie Nolan | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/10/04/to-the-surprise-of-no-one-espn-is-hiring-katie-nolan/ | date=October 4, 2017 | newspaper=The Washington Post | access-date=October 4, 2017}} 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.{{cite web | url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/10/katie-nolan-debut-video-espn-highly-questionable-yankees-new-york-mlb-fox-boston | title=Katie Nolan started her ESPN career by reminding everyone that she's from Boston | first=Andrew | last=Joseph | date=October 19, 2017 | work=USA Today | access-date=2018-02-08}} She has said she likes going on Highly Questionable.{{cite web | url=https://tunein.com/podcasts/Sports--Recreation-Podcasts/Sports-Illustrated-Media-Podcast-p880945/?topicId=135353548 | title=ESPN's Katie Nolan | date=November 26, 2019 | website=Sports Illustrated Media Podcast | publisher=Sports Illustrated | access-date=2019-11-27}}

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.{{cite web | url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2017/11/katie_nolan_getting_her_own_po.html | title=Katie Nolan getting her own podcast, digital show on ESPN | first=Joey | last=Morona | date=November 8, 2017 | work=The Plain Dealer | location=Cleveland, Ohio | access-date=2018-02-08}} In November, she began as one of the hosts of SportsCenter on Snapchat.{{cite web | url=https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/espn-hope-accomplish-sportscenter-snapchat.html | title=What does ESPN hope to accomplish with SportsCenter on Snapchat? | first=Ken | last=Fang | date=November 15, 2017 | website=Awful Announcing | access-date=2018-02-08}}

In 2018, Nolan began hosting a weekly ESPN podcast, Sports? with Katie Nolan and in 2020 was shifted into a biweekly show.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive/_/id/21758229|title=Sports? with Katie Nolan Show - PodCenter - ESPN Radio|website=ESPN Radio|access-date=January 28, 2018}} 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.{{Cite web | url=https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/new-espn-digital-shows-include-katie-nolan-late-night-show-daily-sportscenter-series-in-espn-app.html | title=New ESPN digital shows include Katie Nolan late night show, daily SportsCenter series in ESPN app | first=Joe | last=Lucia | date=May 2, 2018 | website=Awful Announcing | access-date=May 5, 2018}} 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.{{cite tweet |last=Traina |first=Jimmy |user=JimmyTraina |number=1200427198567657472 |date=29 November 2019 |title=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 |access-date=2019-12-02}}

Always Late was canceled in 2020.{{cite web |last1=Rigdon |first1=Jay |title=Katie Nolan confirms Always Late was canceled last year |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/katie-nolan-confirms-always-late-was-canceled-last-year.html |website=Awful Announcing |access-date=February 3, 2022 |date=July 6, 2021}} Nolan's contract was subsequently renewed for one year at 60% reduced rate.{{cite video| title=Kenny Mayne Talks Golden Era of Sports Entertainment & His Wikipedia {{pipe}} Casuals with Katie Nolan|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMJ8zJfqfcw&t=341s |website=youtube| access-date=April 30, 2025 |date=April 28, 2025}} On September 29, 2021, Nolan announced her departure from ESPN.{{cite news |last1=Jacobs |first1=Melissa |title=ESPN should have built around the brilliant Katie Nolan. Her exit is their loss |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/sep/30/katie-nolan-leaves-espn-dan-le-batard |access-date=30 September 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=September 30, 2021}}

In January 2025, Nolan launched a new sports podcast produced by Sirius XM, Casuals.{{cite web | url=https://www.siriusxm.com/blog/katie-nolan-casuals-podcast | title=Katie Nolan Wants to Help More People Connect with Sports }}

In December 2015, Nolan teamed up with United Airlines for a new web-based series of videos titled "Big Metal Bird",{{cite web | url=https://bigmetalbird.united.com/ | title=Big Metal Bird | publisher=United Airlines}} 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25867686-post1.html | title=Introducing Big Metal Bird | date=December 15, 2015 | website=www.flyertalk.com | access-date=2018-02-08}}{{update inline|date=November 2023}}

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.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/drunk-history-abbi-jacobson-as-gloria-steinem-at-playboy-w516662 | title='Drunk History': Abbi Jacobson Plays Gloria Steinem, Undercover Playboy Bunny | first=Joyce | last=Chen | date=February 13, 2018 | magazine=Rolling Stone | access-date=2020-02-03}} On January 30, 2019, she talked about the Black Sox Scandal involving the fixing of the 1919 World Series.{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-drunk-history-black-sox-scandal-20190128-story.html | title='Drunk History' puts a unique spin on the 1919 Black Sox scandal | first=Tracy | last=Swartz | date=January 28, 2019 | work=Chicago Tribune | access-date=2020-02-03}}

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.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/.

She joined NBC Olympics in time for the 2022 Winter Olympics, which began on February 3, 2022.{{cite web |title=KATIE NOLAN JOINS NBC OLYMPICS TEAM FOR 2022 WINTER GAMES |url=https://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2022/02/03/katie-nolan-joins-nbc-olympics-team-for-2022-winter-games/ |website=NBC Sports Pressbox |access-date=February 3, 2022 |language=en |date=February 3, 2022}}

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

In 2024, Nolan appeared as a contestant and finalist in Celebrity Jeopardy!.{{cite web | url=https://abc.com/shows/celebrity-jeopardy.com | title= Celebrity Jeopardy | website= American Broadcasting Company | date=January 23, 2024 | access-date=2024-01-28}}

In December 2022, Nolan announced her engagement to comedian Dan Soder.{{Cite news |last=Rosvoglou |first=Chris |date=December 27, 2022 |title=Look: Former ESPN Host Katie Nolan Reveals She's Engaged |work=The Spun |url=https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/look-former-espn-host-katie-nolan-reveals-shes-engaged |url-status=live |access-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116054025/https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/look-former-espn-host-katie-nolan-reveals-shes-engaged |archive-date=November 16, 2023}}{{Cite web |title=The Vikings Tailgate: Dan Soder & His Friendship With Coach Mike McDaniel {{!}} SF {{!}} Episode 25 |url=https://www.vikings.com/audio/the-vikings-tailgate-dan-soder-his-friendship-with-coach-mike-mcdaniel-sf-episod |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=www.vikings.com |language=en-US}} In 2025, she said they parent a dog, have not started planning their wedding but may in the near future, and do not see themselves having children.{{cite web | url=https://teamcoco.com/podcasts/the-three-questions-with-andy-richter/episodes/katie-nolan | title="Katie Nolan" on the Three Questions }}

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