Katherine Beth Nolan (born January 28, 1987) is an American sports media personality and host. She currently hosts the

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podcast ''Casuals.'' Nolan formerly hosted a weekly

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called ''Sports? With Katie Nolan'', ''Always Late with Katie Nolan'' on

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, and ''Garbage Time with Katie Nolan'' on

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. She won a

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in 2016 for ''Garbage Time'' and was nominated for another in 2019 and 2020 for ''Always Late''. She has been a commentator for

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's '' Friday Night Baseball'' and created short-form content at

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Early life

Nolan was raised in

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. In 1997, at age 10, Nolan won the gold medal in

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at the Junior Olympics. She graduated from Framingham High School in 2005, and earned a

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with a minor in

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from

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in 2009.

Career

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. At that time, Nolan also began working with '' Guyism'', part of the

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network, where she produced and hosted the

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series ''Guyism Speed Round''. In her videos, she delivered a monologue of comedic and sarcastic one-liners in the style of ''

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''s ''

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''. 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.

Fox Sports

In August 2013, Nolan joined

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as a digital correspondent for ''Crowd Goes Wild'', a sports/entertainment talk show hosted by

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. Nolan also hosted the FoxSports.com

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''No Filter with Katie Nolan''. A September 2014 video featuring commentary on the Ray Rice domestic violence incident was picked up by ''

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'' and received praise in multiple media outlets. 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. '' 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. ''Garbage Time'' won a Sports Emmy for 'Outstanding Social TV Experience' on May 10, 2016. In September 2016, Nolan began hosting ''

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Presents'', airing on Fox Sports 1. NFL and Fox Sports 1 made a joint decision to choose Nolan as the new host. 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. After seven months without a show, Nolan left Fox Sports in September 2017.

ESPN

On October 4, 2017, ESPN announced the hiring of Nolan, who would appear across ESPN studio programming and have a digital presence. 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''. She has said she likes going on ''Highly Questionable''. 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. In November, she began as one of the hosts of ''SportsCenter'' on Snapchat. In 2018, Nolan began hosting a weekly ESPN

, ''Sports? with Katie Nolan'' and in 2020 was shifted into a biweekly show. In September 2018, her

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series ''Always Late with Katie Nolan'' launched; a 'best of the year' episode aired on the main ABC network on December 30, 2018. In 2019, the show moved to

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. ''Always Late'' was canceled in 2020. Nolan's contract was subsequently renewed for one year at 60% reduced rate. On September 29, 2021, Nolan announced her departure from ESPN.

Sirius XM

In January 2025, Nolan launched a new sports podcast produced by

, ''Casuals.''

Other work

In December 2015, Nolan teamed up with

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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. 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. Nolan has appeared in three episodes of the

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program '' Drunk History''. On October 18, 2016, she narrated the story of

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'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

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. On January 30, 2019, she talked about the

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involving the fixing of the

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. Nolan is also the former

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holder for most donuts stacked in a tower while blindfolded (seven), doing so on the November 7, 2018 episode of ''Always Late''. She joined

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in time for the

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, which began on 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!''.

Personal life

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

References

External links

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Garbage Time with Katie Nolan Website
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