# Dan Roan
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dan roan (born 31 December 1976) is the Sports Editor for BBC News, currently employed by BBC Sport.
== Biography ==
Brought up in Northampton, England, Roan matriculated at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge in 1995 to read Social and Political Sciences. He graduated with a second-class degree in 1998.
The Max Headroom Incident
One Sunday night in November 1987, something very odd happened in the middle of the WGN nine o’clock news in Chicago. Sportscaster Dan Roan had been talking about the Chicago Bears, when the screen suddenly went black. Then a person appeared, dancing back and forth in front of a moving striped back…
'The Doping Olympics': a look inside the Enhanced Games
At the inaugural Enhanced Games this weekend, something unprecedented is taking place; professional athletes from around the world will be encouraged to swim, lift, and sprint with the aid of performance enhancing drugs.
The competition — nicknamed the 'Doping Olympics' — has provoked enormous cont…
America's World Cup awakening
Spain or Argentina? These two teams will face each other in the 2026 World Cup final. Only one team can emerge eternal. For the rest, it’s over.
But this tournament’s not just been about victory.
For this special episode, we’ve been speaking with people across the US to hear about their tourname…
Anthony Taylor talks retirement, career & scrutiny
BBC sports editor Dan Roan sits down with former Premier League referee Anthony Taylor to discuss his retirement from refereeing, what made him decide to retire and, what’s next in his career. Taylor also speaks about his new role in developing referees in Turkey, the pressure and scrutiny that com…
Premier League CEO on FIFA Crisis, City's charges & World Cup expansion
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters speaks to BBC Sports Editor Dan Roan ahead of the 2026/27 season getting underway.
They discuss the fall out from Gianni Infantino’s bid to sell off a stake in the World Cup to private investors, the wait for a ruling on Manchester City's 115 charges,…
The Pirate Signal That Took Over Chicago: The Max Headroom Incident (Illinois)
On November 22, 1987, Chicago sportscaster Dan Roan was recapping a Bears game when WGN suddenly went black. Fifteen seconds later, millions of viewers were staring at a man wearing a rubber Max Headroom mask. Twenty-eight seconds later, he vanished. Then, two hours later, he did it again—this time…
The Max Headroom Incident
One Sunday night in November 1987, something very odd happened in the middle of the WGN nine o’clock news in Chicago. Sportscaster Dan Roan had been talking about the Chicago Bears, when the screen suddenly went black. Then a person appeared, dancing back and forth in front of a moving striped back…
Spygate debate & Grimsby’s CEO on Jamestown Analytics
How are Grimsby Town and Swansea City linked through their recruitment and analysis?
Aaron Paul, Jobi McAnuff and Cambridge United boss Neil Harris find out in conversation with Grimsby CEO Polly Bancroft, who talks Jamestown Analytics, club growth, ambitions and what it’s like to be one of the few…
The Max Headroom Incident. UNSOLVED: The Creepiest TV Hack in History
THE MAX HEADROOM INCIDENT. November 22nd, 1987 was a pretty normal evening for television viewers in Chicago. That night, like every night, Dan Roan was covering sports on WGN-TV, Channel 9. Then suddenly, the signal was disrupted and screens across the city cut to black. Engineers at WGN-TV th…
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