http://www.marconews.com/staff/tom-hanson/He died for sports and now lives for the hottest story of the day. <p>Hanson started at the Daily News back in 2003 as a sports writer and has gone from sports columnist to news columnist to the Bonita Content editor to heading the Breaking News/Deadline team for the Daily News in the seven years. </p> <p>He was named APSE Top 10 sports columnist in 2004. He also won second-place column writing from Golf Writers of America for a piece on Jack Nicklaus' last Masters and the death of his grandson. </p> <p>Before coming to the Daily News, he caddied on both the PGA and LPGA Tours. He penned a weekly column for CNN/SI. His greatest thrill in life came on the golf course, caddying for Lauri Merten when she won the 1993 U.S. Open.</p> <p>During his years at the Daily News, Hanson has been honored with numerous Florida Press Club awards for coverage ranging from a <a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2006/jun/04/lie_cost_overage_student_his_dream/">30-year-old attending high school</a></strong> to the Immokalee Indians football team going undefeated and not being eligible for the state playoffs to <a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2005/jul/17/ndn_locascio_awaits_sentence_in_money_laundering_c/">a man with mob connections coaching Little League before heading to prison.</a></strong></p> <p></p> <p>Yet, he's even prouder of his staff's award-winning coverage of Fort Myers police officer being shot and killed and other breaking news.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://twitter.com/NDN_newsdesk/">■ Follow Southwest Florida news on Twitter</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.NAPLESNEWS.com/">■ CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT CONTENT WE ARE WORKING ON TODAY</a></strong></p> en-ushttp://www.marconews.com/videos/detail/chokoloskee_man_recounts_his_story_survival[http://videomedia.naplesnews.com/videos/2005/10/25/manstory.flv]Wed, 26 Oct 2005 03:30:00 -0000http://www.marconews.com/videos/detail/chokoloskee_man_recounts_his_story_survival