In 2011, while bartending in Boston at the White Horse Tavern, Nolan started a blog called ''Bitches Can't Hang
, which focused on pop culture and news. At that time, Nolan also began working with Guyism, part of the Fox Sports Yardbarker network, where she produced and hosted the YouTube series Guyism Speed Round
. In her videos, she delivered a monologue of comedic and sarcastic one-liners in the style of Saturday Night Lives Weekend Update. and received praise in multiple media outlets. Deadspin'' praised Nolan's April 12, 2015 episode where she criticized the blog posting titled "How to land a husband at the Masters", which had appeared on a fellow Fox reporter's blog.
Garbage Time won a Sports Emmy for 'Outstanding Social TV Experience' on May 10, 2016. In September 2016, Nolan began hosting
NFL Films Presents, airing on Fox Sports 1. NFL and Fox Sports 1 made a joint decision to choose Nolan as the new host. She was the social media reporter for
Super Bowl LI. On February 23, 2017, it was announced that
Garbage Time would either be retooled from its current format, or Fox Sports would find a new hosting vehicle for Nolan. After seven months without a show, Nolan left Fox Sports in September 2017.
ESPN On October 4, 2017, ESPN announced the hiring of Nolan, who would appear across ESPN studio programming and have a digital presence. She made her debut as a guest panelist on ESPN's
Highly Questionable on October 19, 2017; she has since guest-hosted that show several times, and appeared on the sister radio show
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz. She has said she likes going on
Highly Questionable. In early November 2017, it was announced that Nolan would be doing a podcast with ESPN beginning in January in addition to a digital show later. In November, she began as one of the hosts of
SportsCenter on Snapchat. In 2018, Nolan began hosting a weekly ESPN
podcast,
Sports? with Katie Nolan and in 2020 was shifted into a biweekly show. In September 2018, her
ESPN+ series
Always Late with Katie Nolan launched; a 'best of the year' episode aired on the main
ABC network on December 30, 2018. In 2019, the show moved to
ESPN2 and the ESPN app, with Nolan citing that she and her staff could post more show clips to social media, as being confined to ESPN+ restricted the amount of the program which could be posted to free venues.
Always Late was canceled in 2020. Nolan's contract was subsequently renewed for one year at 60% reduced rate. On September 29, 2021, Nolan announced her departure from ESPN.
Sirius XM In January 2025, Nolan launched a new sports podcast produced by
Sirius XM,
Casuals. In November 2025, Nolan expanded her presence at SiriusXM to host
Fan Service on Mad Dog Sports Radio, a live weekday call-in show.
Other work In December 2015, Nolan teamed up with
United Airlines for a new web-based series of videos titled "Big Metal Bird", which explains some of the inner workings of various facets of United Airlines. The premiere episode debuted on December 15, 2015, and explained how United's
baggage handling system operates. Future episodes are intended to address customer feedback that United has received. Nolan has appeared in three episodes of the
Comedy Central program
Drunk History. On October 18, 2016, she narrated the story of
Theodore Roosevelt's
campaign for rule changes in football due to the violence of the game in the early 1900s. On February 13, 2018, she narrated the story of feminist icon
Gloria Steinem. On January 30, 2019, she talked about the
Black Sox Scandal involving the fixing of the
1919 World Series. She joined
NBC Olympics in time for the
2022 Winter Olympics, which began on February 3, 2022. Nolan joined the broadcast team for Apple TV's
Friday Night Baseball starting in April 2022 in a one-season experiment. In 2024, Nolan appeared as a contestant and finalist in
Celebrity Jeopardy!. In 2026 she returned for Season 4: All stars. == Personal life ==