Former 9NEWS sports anchor Mike Nolan has passed away.

For any of us who have been in the Denver area for a while, you might remember sports caster Mike Nolan who was a 9NEWS for years.  He was at 9NEWS from the 1970s to 2004.   He passed away yesterday, Thanksgiving in SantaFe after a brief illness, he was 85.   

The funeral services are currently pending.     

He worked in Buffalo, NY, Chicago, & Miami before coming to Denver to work at KUSA.   

More here: https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/9news-sportscaster-mike-nolan-dies-85/73-1446e700-661d-4962-9595-d668965490ec

Picture: KUSA

Mike Nolan in the KUSA newsroom in the late 1980s on a typewriter.

Picture: The Denver Post