Alan Hahn

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.