Hansen’s commentaries don’t always come from poor performances on the field. “The same standards people apply to a sportscaster they would never apply to a newscaster, and I just pride myself on being a better journalist than some sportscasters are,” he said.
He believes viewers set journalistic standards lower in sports because they don’t want to hear anything negative about their favorite team. Hansen doesn’t see this view of reporting as outrageous. Instead of painting them a rosy picture, I paint the picture the way that I believe it to be,” he said. “I work for Bob and Martha, and they’re the people who need me to be their eyes and ears. “I’m not a cheerleader,” Hansen, in a phone interview from his home in Waxahachie, Texas, said of his bold criticisms. Despite having people tell him to stop being a “smart aleck” and report positively on home teams, Hansen refuses to do so. Hansen is not always kind to Texas home teams, particularly the Dallas Cowboys. However, this dedication, he explained, is not always met with praise. “I don’t work for Jerry Jones or Mark Cuban…I work for Bob and Martha,” he said. Most recently, NPR aired a segment on his career and outspokenness.ĭespite these accolades, Hansen, 69, said he takes great pride in working for the everyday viewer. He has been featured on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," interviewed by The New York Times and has been named Best Sportscaster of the Year by the Associated Press twice. Since that first Omaha job, Hansen, who is the weeknight sports anchor for WFAA-TV in Dallas, has risen to national prominence as a controversial and beloved figure in television sports. The man to whom the sportscaster had resigned then turned to Hansen and asked one question: At the same moment as he was told he could not work in news without a college education, Hansen overheard the station’s weekend sportscaster quit. In fact, he came by the profession on accident.Īfter being fired from his radio position as a newscaster, Hansen walked into an Omaha television studio hoping for a reporting job. Courtesy of Fort Worth Star-Telegram By Sydney Brun-Ozunaĭale Hansen never considered talking about sports for a living.
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