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.
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.
What was Stormy Buonantony’s $23,000 post?
In late August 2026 Stormy Buonantony posted her first salary in sports television and set off an industry-wide conversation. “I made $23,000 in my first job,” Buonantony wrote. “Even when I was doing sideline freelance stuff in my mid twenties, I was doing them for free or maybe $150 to $250. The first big game I ever was assigned, I made $700 and I lost my mind. Just expect, in my opinion, that you’re gonna be poor for a long time before you get that gig that starts paying you.” Within days, sports journalists across the industry were posting their own starting salaries.
How old is Stormy Buonantony? Is she married?
Stormy Buonantony has not published a date of birth, and no reliable outlet has reported one — the only firm anchor is a 2014 university graduation. Buonantony is married and has referred to her husband when discussing the demands of a travel-heavy schedule, but has never named him publicly, and the names circulating online have no sourcing behind them. Nothing about children is on the public record either way.
