Darby Brown
Director of Sports Content
Waco, TX
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Darby Brown, born in Kalamazoo, Michigan and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, is now the Director of Sports Content for KWTX, the CBS affiliate in Central Texas.
She has previous experience as a sports reporter at KWES Newswest 9 in Midland, Texas.
Before Darby moved to Texas, she graduated from Chapman University in Orange County, California.
While in college, Darby worked on SportsCenter from Los Angeles for ESPN and soccer productions for Fox Sports. She also interned with NBC and CBS Los Angeles.
Darby is thrilled to be in Waco and eager to share unique sports stories from the community.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Darby Brown
The Bears defeated 81-70 OSU to improve to 20-1 overall, 12-1 in Big 12 play.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2021 at 8:36 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is Risien Shahan from San Saba High School.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2021 at 6:24 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Wrapping up black history month, we caught up with a former pro athlete from right here in Waco. Former Dallas Cowboy Rodrigo Barnes took his game all the way to the Super Bowl, winning a ring in 1977.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2021 at 9:13 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
No. 17 Kansas hands No. 2 Baylor their first loss of the season.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2021 at 12:42 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Baylor Lady Bears defeated Kansas State at the Ferrell Center to clinch a share of their 11th-straight Big 12 championship.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2021 at 10:50 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
A high school girls basketball team just made school history. The Iredell Lady Dragons are advancing to the fourth round of the playoffs for the very first time, and the community is buzzing.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2021 at 10:19 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The high school basketball playoffs continued on Thursday.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2021 at 10:58 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Bosqueville boys high school basketball team is back in the playoffs this year. They reached this goal under the leadership of a new head coach, Judy Nunn.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2021 at 8:15 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Former Baylor and current NFL quarterback, Robert Griffin III, donated 10,500 meals to the North Texas Food Bank and 10,500 meals to the Houston Food Bank.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2021 at 9:06 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Local students from Central Texas are among the top basketball talent nominated for the 44th annual McDonald’s All-American Games teams.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2021 at 5:56 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Due to inclement weather, the Getterman Classic set to take place in Waco this weekend has been canceled.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2021 at 2:42 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Both the men’s and women’s next Baylor basketball games have been postponed.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2021 at 12:09 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
UMHB football home opener postponed among other Cru athletic events.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2021 at 9:14 AM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Texas high school girls basketball playoffs are underway. Here are the Bi-District scores from Friday night:
Updated: Feb. 11, 2021 at 8:00 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Coach Ellis isn’t really new to Temple. Ellis played at Temple from 1995 through 1997.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2021 at 3:57 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Tyler Holcomb resigned as Bishop Reicher’s head football coach and athletic director.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2021 at 3:53 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
High school basketball games in Central Texas are being rescheduled due to weather.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2021 at 11:31 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Aniya has reached over 1500 points and 1500 rebounds in her career.
Updated: Feb. 5, 2021 at 11:29 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
This Sunday, history will be made in many ways. One of those, Sarah Thomas will become the first woman to officiate a super bowl. She has plenty of support, across the us and here in Central Texas.
Updated: Feb. 5, 2021 at 11:27 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The La Vega girls basketball team needed a strong second half to pick up a win over Robinson to end the regular season, and that’s exactly what happened.
Updated: Feb. 5, 2021 at 11:07 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Marlin girls and boys basketball teams remained undefeated in district play with wins over Mart on Friday night.
Updated: Feb. 5, 2021 at 10:52 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Kansas City Chiefs are set to play in their second-straight Super Bowl on Sunday, and leading them onto the gridiron is Coach Andy Reid. As it turns out Reid used to coach a current member of the Baylor football coaching staff.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2021 at 2:01 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is Ellie Ward from Reicher Catholic.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2021 at 10:58 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Central Texas athletes signed their national letters of intent on Wednesday.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2021 at 7:54 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The No. 2 ranked Baylor men’s basketball team improved to 17-0 with a win over No. 6 Texas.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2021 at 8:26 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Mart High School senior Roddrell Freeman earned one of the state’s top honors. Roddrell was named the Built Ford Tough Class 2A player of the year.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2021 at 11:16 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
There's a word often used at La Vega within their athletic program, family. That word starts with Coach Don Hyde and the football team but spills over into other sports. That word carries a lot of weight with the varsity boys basketball team.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 at 10:41 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Waco ISD has hired two new head football coaches.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2021 at 10:30 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Baylor alum, Lauren Cox, is preparing for her second season with the Indiana Fever in the WNBA.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2021 at 10:48 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
A senior from China Spring High School has an opportunity to play Division I basketball next year, but the road to his success hasn’t been easy.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2021 at 10:26 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Baylor head softball coach, Glenn Moore announced that this upcoming season will be dedicated to their former assistant coach Mark Lumley.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 10:55 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Salado High School girls basketball team is making a statement the minute they step on the court.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 2:47 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is Ellison senior Tyler Geisleman.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2021 at 11:07 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
La Vega defeated Connally 53-45 on Friday night.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2021 at 5:41 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Cameron ISD is searching for a new head football coach and athletic director. The position was posted to the district’s website on Friday morning.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2021 at 10:42 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Connally Cadets and China Spring Cougars opened District 18-4A play on Thursday night.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2021 at 10:37 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Baylor men’s Tennis team went 13-3 last spring before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Friday, they’ll start a new season with a new head coach but plenty of returning members, including one fifth year senior from Germany.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2021 at 11:06 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
China Spring high school senior Brylee Smith is a Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2021 at 11:03 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
La Vega girls basketball defeated Mexia 41-32 on Tuesday night.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2021 at 10:59 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The snow has mostly melted away in Central Texas, but local athletes and coaches made the most of that snowy Sunday, creating sporty snowmen.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2021 at 9:47 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Before Baylor’s game against Oklahoma Wednesday night, there was a moment of prayer at the Ferrell Center unlike any before.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2021 at 9:49 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Just a day after Baylor announced the hiring of Ryan Pugh as the new offensive line coach, Baylor says they have parted ways.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2021 at 9:10 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The first 2021 classroom champion is Live Oak’s Ellie Lynch. Ellie is a leader on the court, playing basketball and volleyball and a leader in the classroom.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2021 at 1:12 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Lady Bears head coach Kim Mulkey has tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2021 at 11:42 AM CST
|By Darby Brown
Baylor head football coach Dave Aranda has added two more assistants to his staff.
Updated: Dec. 31, 2020 at 6:21 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Fairfield secured the state title. The first state title in Fairfield history across all sports. A moment that will be remembered in Fairfield for a long time, but after that moment it all changed.
Updated: Dec. 18, 2020 at 11:52 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Salado’s Wrook Brown signed with Wyoming football on Friday.
Updated: Dec. 18, 2020 at 11:35 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Temple Wildcats were defeated by Rockwall-Heath on Friday in an area round playoff game.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2020 at 10:44 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Temple Wildcats picked up a Bi-District title last week. After the game, Temple's Superintendent shared two photos on social media. One from that night and one from seven years ago. With a story on how he witnessed one player set a goal and then achieve it.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2020 at 9:47 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealer Classroom Champion is Lorena’s Corbin Parnell.