--- title: ESPN's Hannah Storm Talks Ray Rice in Emotional SportsCenter Segment description: A veteran sports journalist, Storm raised some tough questions about the NFL's integrity in the wake of the Ray Rice scandal canonical: https://time.com/3377200/espn-hannah-storm-ray-rice-elevator-video-nfl/ author: Megan Gibson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-15T11:28:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:58.830Z og:title: ESPN's Hannah Storm Has Some Tough Questions for the NFL og:description: "What does the NFL stand for?" og:url: https://time.com/3377200/espn-hannah-storm-ray-rice-elevator-video-nfl/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt430b707169ca1bc2/6986a342cd68484d55096702/hannah-storm-espn-ray-rice.jpg?branch=production&width=955&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 955 og:image:height: 537 og:image:alt: Hannah Storm ESPN Ray Rice og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: ESPN's Hannah Storm Has Some Tough Questions for the NFL twitter:description: "What does the NFL stand for?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt430b707169ca1bc2/6986a342cd68484d55096702/hannah-storm-espn-ray-rice.jpg?branch=production&width=955&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # ESPN Anchor Makes Emotional Address on NFL and Domestic Abuse > Sponsored content. 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Seemingly near tears, Storm said that the release of elevator surveillance footage, which showed then-Baltimore Ravens running back Rice slugging his then-fiancée and current wife, Janay, in an Atlantic City hotel, has prompted “impossible” questions from her own daughter. Questions that Storm found herself struggling to answer, such as, “Mom, why did he do that? Why isn’t he in jail? Why didn’t he get fired?” Apart from Rice’s actions, Storm also addressed the actions — or, rather, the inaction — of the NFL and the Ravens, who waited until the video was leaked before kicking Rice out of the league. “In the NFL, apparently seeing is believing,” Storm went on. “If the NFL and the Ravens had to see that video to be moved to significant action, then shouldn’t those who support the league demand the same? To see action? 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