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Alan William Hahn (born June 19, 1971) is an NBA analyst for ESPN and MSG Network and a sports talk radio host for ESPN New York.
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Alan William Hahn (born June 19, 1971) is an NBA analyst for ESPN and MSG Network and a sports talk radio host for ESPN New York.
Hahn was born and raised on Long Island and grew up in Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y. He played basketball at St. Anthony's High School in South Huntington, N.Y. and also at Suffolk Community College, where he is one of four men's basketball players in school history to score over 1,000 career points. [1]
He then earned a basketball scholarship at LIU Post under NCAA Division II coach Tom Galeazzi. He suffered a knee injury in his first season and it led to an early end to his playing career. At LIU Post, Hahn wrote for the school newspaper The Pioneer. Hahn earned a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism at LIU Post.[ citation needed ]
In 2026, Hahn was inducted into the Long Island University Athletics Hall of Fame [2] .
Hahn started his journalism career at Newsday in 1995 and by 1999 was assigned to the New York Islanders beat. He earned the paper's prestigious "Publisher's Award" in 2000 for Sports Writing. He covered the Islanders until 2006, when he was moved to the New York Knicks beat. He developed a following for his coverage of the Knicks and for his blog the Knicks Fix.
Hahn was hired by MSG Network in 2011 to serve as studio analyst [3] for Knicks broadcasts. Over time his role expanded to hosting and serving as sideline reporter. He also has filled in on Knicks game broadcasts as a color analyst.
In 2014, Hahn was hired by ESPN as a radio host. He has teamed up on shows with former New York Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro, former NFL linebacker Bart Scott before he was promoted to co-host afternoon drive on ESPN New York with Don LaGreca and Peter Rosenberg [4] .
Hahn has also worked NBA broadcasts nationally for ESPN Radio, as host of the NBA Draft since 2022 and as a color analyst for NBA on ESPN Radio.
He also makes regular appearances on ESPN shows such as SportsCenter, Get Up and First Take.
Hahn has written five sports books over his career, including 100 Things Knicks Fans Must Know and Do Before They Die (Triumph, 2012), The New York Knicks: An Illustrated History (MVP Books, 2012), Bruin Redemption: The Stanley Cup Returns to Boston (F&W Media, 2011), Birth of a Dynasty: The 1980 New York Islanders (Sports Publishing LLC, 2004) and Fish Sticks: The Fall and Rise of the New York Islanders (Sports Publishing LLC, 2003), which he co-wrote with Peter Botte of the New York Daily News.
Hahn appeared in the documentary, Big Shot, which was directed and narrated by Kevin Connolly and was part of the ESPN Films 30-for-30 series in 2013.[ citation needed ] [5]
In 2000, after his first year as a full-time staff writer, Hahn received Newsday's Publisher's Award for Sports Writing.[ citation needed ]
In 2013, Hahn received his first Emmy Award for his role in "Friday Night Knicks" on MSG Networks,[ citation needed ] which won the Live Sports Event: Series category for the 2011-12 season. He has since been part of four Emmy Award-winning broadcasts with MSG.
In 2017, the Hahn & Humpty Show won "Outstanding On-Air Broadcasting Team" award by the New York State Broadcasters Association. .[ citation needed ]
In 2026, Hahn was among the inductees for the Suffolk County Sports Hall of Fame. [6]