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.
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Waco’s own Olympian, Wil London, may still have a chance to compete in the 4x400-meter mixed relay.
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The Baylor women’s basketball team announced its non-conference schedule for the 2021-22 season, Friday. The slate features two exhibitions, six regular-season home games, a trip to Cancun, and the first game of a home-and-home series with Maryland.
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Baylor guard Davion Mitchell was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the ninth pick of the 2021 NBA draft.
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Robinson defeated Louisiana 2-0 in the southwest regional tournament on Wednesday afternoon. With the win, Robinson will advance to the Little League Softball World Series in North Carolina.
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The Midway High School football team will start fall practices in just a couple of weeks. The Panthers have a new head coach and new coordinators on both sides of the ball. This new staff wrapped up a free clinic open to all youth football coaches in Central Texas.
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The girls will have to win two games to advance to the Little League World Series.
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Continuing athletics after high school is very rare. There are three siblings from Holland who all moved on to play in college.
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Baylor participated in day two of Big 12 media days. It was the first time Baylor head coach Dave Aranda could attend the event, as it was canceled last year, which he acknowledged in his opening statement.
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Baylor baseball fifth-year senior Luke Boyd was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 17th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft on Tuesday.
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McLennan pitcher Riggs Threadgill was selected by the Washington Nationals on the final day of the 2021 MLB Draft.
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A football official from Waco is set to work with a historic all-female crew at a sixman all star game on Saturday.
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Michael Ford has been promoted to become Baylor track & field’s head coach, Baylor Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Mack Rhoades announced Tuesday.
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Baylor catcher Andy Thomas was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the fifth round with pick number 144.
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MCC standout pitcher, Logan Henderson, was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the fourth round of the MLB draft.
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The Waco Juniors volleyball team took home third place at the 2021 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championship.
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Former Ellison Eagle, Darius Fulghum, always dreamed of boxing at the Olympics. He won the Olympic trials in 2019, and was waiting for the Olympic qualifiers. Those were canceled and he didn’t make the team, but now he’s focused on different professional boxing dreams.
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The Big 12 conference released the 2021 Football Preseason Poll, voted on by media representatives. Baylor is slated to finish eighth, receiving 124 points.
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The Big 12 Conference has announced its 2021 Preseason All-Big 12 Football Team Two Baylor Bears made the list, Jalen Pitre and Terrel Bernard. A former Midway Panther who plays for TCU, Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, was also added to the team.
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Kaleb hopes to honor his late father on and off the field, and thanks to his dad he has 31 “dads” in his corner.
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Matthew Mayer became the first Baylor player to profit off of his personal brand. Visiting Angels, which provides local senior care, contacted Matthew right after college athletes could officially sell the rights to their names, images and likenesses.
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Baylor acrobatics and tumbling added Alia Nolan as an assistant coach, head coach Felecia Mulkey announced on Friday. Nolan comes to Baylor after a four-year stint as an assistant for the acrobatics and tumbling program at Gannon University in Erie, Pa.
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Baylor athletes can profit off of their personal brand, but they are required to disclose information prior to taking part in a NIL deal.
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The PRCA Rodeo began Thursday night at the Bell County Expo. This is the 97th year for Belton to host a 4th of July Rodeo.
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A Waco native will be competing with Team USA at the Olympics. Wil London, the Waco High and Baylor alum is back from the Olympic trials and training in Central Texas once again.
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After a legendary career, highlighted by 22 years coaching at Baylor (16 as head coach) and a decorated resume as a student-athlete, Todd Harbour announced Wednesday his retirement as the school’s head track & field coach.
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Two coaches with the help of administration launched a course at Lake Belton on college recruiting.
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Former Lampasas badger, Steffin McCarter, qualifies for the Olympics.
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McLennan Baseball’s Logan Henderson is the NJCAA Division I Pitcher of the Year. Henderson, a freshman right-hander from Katy, Texas, had a 10-2 record on the mound this season with a 1.66 ERA and 169 strikeouts in 97.2 innings of work.
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The Waco Eagles Motorcycle Club is hosting a regional race this weekend. National competitors will be coming to Central Texas, but local racers will be joining in as well.
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Central Texas high school football teams competed at the first day of the Texas 7 on 7 state championships in College Station.
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On Wednesday, Wright visited her old high school and caught up with former coaches and current players.
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Baylor University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Mack B. Rhoades, IV, has been selected as Sports Business Journal’s 2021 Athletics Director of the Year, announced Wednesday night during the 2021 SBJ Sports Business Awards.
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Former Central Texas standout, Jenny Fuller, is the new head coach of Pittsburg State University.
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Projected first-round pick and former Baylor guard Jared Butler has been referred to the league’s Fitness-to-Play Panel, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
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Baylor forward Matthew Mayer is withdrawing his name from the 2021 NBA Draft and will return for his senior year.
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Lightfoot cleared 19-feet, 2.25 inches in the pole vault on Monday night to finish third place at the U.S Track and Field Trials.
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Former Baylor Lady Bear, Britney Griner, has made the United States Olympic Team for a second time.
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Waco High product Wil London III earned a spot in the men’s 4x400-meter relay pool, according to former Baylor head coach Clyde Hart, after advancing to the 400-meter final.
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Midway High School has a new offensive coordinator, Tommy Allison. It’s a return to Central Texas for Allison. He was the head football coach at Robinson from 2011-2019.
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Coach Laster setting the standard during the summer to prepare for the fall and years ahead.
Baylor’s Jared Butler has been selected as the 2020-21 Big 12 Conference Male Sportsperson of the Year.
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Baylor women’s golf fourth-year junior Gurleen Kaur has been named an honorable mention All-American by Golfweek, making her the second three-time All-American in program history.
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The Baylor women’s basketball team was selected to participate in the 2021 Women’s Cancun Challenge, Nov. 25-27 at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya.
The Baylor men’s basketball team is up for the award of Best Team.
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Former Mart Panther and current University coach has made the national ballot for the 2022 class that will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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The Mart panthers are picked as a favorite heading in to the 2021 season.
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Closer Luke Boyd was named a National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Third Team All-American, it was announced by the organization on Wednesday.
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Waco resident Bobby Wilson is a five-time national long drive champion and in the long drivers hall of fame.
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The city of Waco celebrated the MCC Highlanders for winning the 2021 JUCO World Series on Tuesday night at the Backyard.
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The team is the first Hubbard male team from any sport to advance to a state tournament.