Stormy Buonantony is a rink-side reporter on ESPN’s NHL coverage, a sideline reporter on ESPN college football, and a daily studio host at the sports betting network VSiN. Buonantony spent two seasons covering the Vegas Golden Knights on AT&T SportsNet, including the pandemic season in which Buonantony was the only regional NHL television reporter allowed to travel inside a team’s bubble. Buonantony is a four-time Emmy winner and a Las Vegas native.
| Full name | Stormy Buonantony; appears on social media as Stormy Normandt |
| From | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Role now | Rink-side reporter, NHL on ESPN |
| Also | ESPN college football sideline reporter; co-host, Money Moves, VSiN |
| NHL history | Vegas Golden Knights rink-side reporter and host, 2019–2021 |
| Known for | Four Emmy Awards; the 2020-21 bubble season; a 2026 salary-transparency post |
| Education | San Diego State University, journalism, 2014 |
Who is Stormy Buonantony?
Stormy Buonantony is an American sports broadcaster who covers hockey and college football for ESPN. Buonantony grew up in Las Vegas in a family that followed basketball and baseball rather than hockey — “Hockey was like speaking a foreign language,” Buonantony told her old university — and studied journalism at San Diego State, graduating in 2014. Buonantony then spent three years with the Mountain West conference’s digital network in Colorado and two seasons as in-stadium emcee and broadcast reporter for the Carolina Panthers before hockey entered the picture.
What is Stormy Buonantony’s real name?
Stormy Buonantony is her real name. Stormy is her given name rather than an on-air one, and Buonantony is the family name she has used for her whole career — at San Diego State, on the Mountain West digital network, with the Carolina Panthers, with the Vegas Golden Knights and now at ESPN.
Is Stormy Buonantony still at ESPN?
Yes, in two sports. Stormy Buonantony has been a rink-side reporter on ESPN’s NHL coverage since 2024, part of a reporting group that includes Emily Kaplan, Leah Hextall, Blake Bolden and Kristen Shilton. For the 2026 college football season, Awful Announcing reported in August 2026 that Buonantony is the sideline reporter on ESPN’s No. 6 crew alongside Bob Wischusen and Louis Riddick. Buonantony’s bowl résumé includes the Rose Bowl, the Orange Bowl and the College Football Playoff National Championship.
Stormy Buonantony’s salary: what she said about earning $23,000
In August 2026 Buonantony wrote publicly that she was paid $23,000 in her first job in sports media. The post travelled a long way past hockey — a string of established sports journalists replied with their own starting salaries, and it became a wider argument about what entry-level work in the industry actually pays.
What she earns now has never been published, and neither she nor ESPN has commented on it. Any specific figure quoted elsewhere online is an estimate produced by a site with no access to the number.
Who is Stormy Buonantony’s husband?
Buonantony is married, and she has spoken about her husband in general terms — in a San Diego State alumni interview she described a travel schedule that works only because of his support at home.
She has not named him in any interview or on her own channels, and neither has ESPN. Her LinkedIn profile lists her as Stormy (Buonantony) Normandt, which is the only public indication of her married surname. Beyond that, nothing about her marriage is on the record.
How old is Stormy Buonantony?
Buonantony has not made her date of birth public, and no reliable source lists one.
What is on the record is that she graduated from San Diego State University in 2014 with a degree in journalism and media studies, and has worked in sports broadcasting continuously since. Sites quoting a specific age for her are guessing.
Does Stormy Buonantony have a Wikipedia page?
No. Despite four Emmy Awards and more than a decade in national sports broadcasting, Buonantony has no Wikipedia entry.
The two most reliable sources on her career are both first-hand: ESPN’s press-room biography, and San Diego State’s alumni profile of her, published in 2025.
