ESPN’s Hannah Storm to Miss NYC Marathon Coverage After Cancer Surgery

ESPN SportsCenter anchor Hannah Storm won’t be covering the New York City Marathon on Sunday (November 1), but she’ll be cheering from home as she recovers from her second cancer surgery.

The 64-year-old sports journalist shared the news with her Instagram followers on Wednesday (October 28), revealing she is cancer-free after undergoing a hysterectomy. “This year I will be cheering on my ESPN/ABC NYC Marathon family from my living room,” she wrote.

“I was hoping to be back in time for Sunday’s race, but my doctors have advised me to take a little more time to recover from surgery. Most importantly, I’m very grateful to be cancer-free after undergoing a hysterectomy,” Storm continued.

She also gave a shoutout to Dr. Monica Prasad-Hayes and her “awesome team” at the Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center.

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“Also, best of luck to all those running in the NYC marathon for some great causes on Sunday, including the Hannah Storm Foundation. See ya’ll soon on SportsCenter!” Storm concluded.

The ESPN PR account shared Storm’s Instagram Story, writing, “ESPN wishes @espnhannahstorm well as she continues her recovery and look forward to welcoming her back to @sportscenter soon. Hannah will be missed on Sunday’s New York City Marathon broadcast and we’re sending her our very best.”

Storm was previously diagnosed with breast cancer, which she opened up about on Good Morning America in March 2024. She told fellow breast cancer survivor Robin Roberts that she was diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ, a type of breast cancer in which the cancer cells have not spread beyond the breasts’ milk ducts.

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Following the diagnosis, Storm underwent a successful lumpectomy and was considered by her doctors to be cancer-free. She told Roberts that she’d be taking a medication, the hormone therapy drug tamoxifen, for three years.

Storm, who shares three daughters with her husband, sportscaster Dan Hicks, said she was diagnosed with breast cancer after a routine mammogram in November 2023.

“I was shocked because, again, I had had mammograms every year. I have no risk factors. I have no breast cancer in my family. I did not have a lump. I did not have pain. I don’t have any genetic predisposition to breast cancer,” Storm said on GMA. “And what I came to learn is the vast majority of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer don’t have risk factors, and so I’ve got to say I was shocked. I was scared.”

She added, “I was very, very lucky because they found it so early.”