Dale Hansen, the weeknight sports anchor for WFAA-TV's 10 p.m. newscast, seems like a traditional sportscaster. "I'm just a small-town guy from Logan, Iowa," he says in his bio on the website for Channel 8, where he's worked for more than 30 years. But thanks to his "Hansen: Unplugged" commentaries — which, he told The New York Times last fall, he only writes about eight to 10 times a year when he feels strongly about something — he's also a viral sensation. Hansen was a guest on "The Ellen Degeneres Show" after a 2014 "Unplugged" supporting Michael Sam, the first openly gay player in the NFL, and he continues to be a progressive voice in a conservative field.