Nick Halling
Encyclopedia
Nick Halling is a British sports broadcaster and journalist. He is a boxing
commentator for Sky Sports
and presented their American football
for 15 years, as well as ice hockey
, ten-pin bowling
and numerous other events.
Halling used to co-present the National Football League
(NFL) on Sky Sports along with Kevin Cadle
. He is also known for his coverage of the National Hockey League
on Channel Five in the UK. He also narrates Channel 4
's football programme Goalissimo
, BBC's The Football League Show
, KOTV Boxing magazine shows and Channel Five's World's Strongest Man
.
He was the first non-American to commentate on a live NFL game in the USA and he has done work for Sky's sister network, Fox. Halling is a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
He is an avid supporter of Southampton Football Club and regularly presents the club's season review DVDs.
Halling currently lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and daughter.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
commentator for Sky Sports
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
and presented their American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
for 15 years, as well as ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
, ten-pin bowling
Ten-pin bowling
Ten-pin bowling is a competitive sport in which a player rolls a bowling ball down a wooden or synthetic lane with the objective of scoring points by knocking down as many pins as possible.-Summary:The lane is bordered along its length by semicylindrical channels Ten-pin bowling (commonly just...
and numerous other events.
Halling used to co-present the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
(NFL) on Sky Sports along with Kevin Cadle
Kevin Cadle
Kevin Cadle is a sports presenter and former basketball coach.Cadle presents American Football and basketball on British television after a career in which he became the most successful coach in UK basketball history with 30 titles attained...
. He is also known for his coverage of the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
on Channel Five in the UK. He also narrates Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
's football programme Goalissimo
Goalissimo
Goalissimo was a television programme on Channel 4. An alternative to Football Italia and French Football, Goalissimo covered a lot of the world's football action...
, BBC's The Football League Show
The Football League Show
The Football League Show is a BBC One football television show hosted by Manish Bhasin, featuring highlights from the Championship, League One and League Two. It began on 8 August, 2009, at 11.45pm and immediately follows Match of the Day on Saturdays...
, KOTV Boxing magazine shows and Channel Five's World's Strongest Man
World's Strongest Man
The World's Strongest Man is a well recognised event in strength athletics and has been described by a number of highly respected authorities in the sport as the premier event in strongman. Organized by TWI, an IMG Media company, it is broadcast around the end of December each year...
.
He was the first non-American to commentate on a live NFL game in the USA and he has done work for Sky's sister network, Fox. Halling is a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
He is an avid supporter of Southampton Football Club and regularly presents the club's season review DVDs.
Halling currently lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and daughter.