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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The Abbott high school baseball team won the state championship by defeating Fayetteville.
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China Spring is advancing to the state championship game after winning the longest 4A state semifinal in UIL history.
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China Spring beat Taylor twice on Thursday night to reach the 4A state semifinals.
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Baylor guard Adam Flager will be staying in the NBA draft and won’t use his final year of college eligibility.
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The Crawford high school softball team fell 3-0 to Weimar in the 2A state semifinals.
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West high school baseball defeated Diboll 3-2 on Thursday night to advance to the fifth round of the playoffs.
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The Bosqueville high school baseball team helped out the Challenger Little League in the middle of their playoff run.
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A Hillsboro 14-year-old is becoming a top Breakaway Roper.
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There’s a lot of hardware heading back to Central Texas after the first day of the UIL State Track & Field meet.
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Five China Spring athletes signed their letters of intent to compete at the next level on Friday.
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The Cleveland Browns selected Baylor defensive tackle Siaki “Apu” Ika in the third round as the No. 98 overall pick.
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Waco native Hailey Cowan will make her highly anticipated UFC debut on Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Killeen ISD named a new head football coach and athletic coordinator Wednesday to continue the Harker Heights Knights’ push to “Rep the Shield” in all sports.
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The Baylor women’s rugby team is a club at Baylor, and it just started two years ago.
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A Central Texas bowling team won a state-wide event.
He made his mark at Baylor setting the program’s all-time scoring mark in the NCAA Tournament. Flagler is also third on Baylor’s all-time scoring list and ninth in program history for three-pointers made.
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Baylor women’s basketball standout Caitlin Bickle has signed a training camp contract with the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun.
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One week ago, the LSU women’s basketball team won the national championship. The coaching staff has several ties to Waco including Chante’ Crutchfield who graduated from University High School.
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If you go to a game at Temple College, there’s a very good chance you will see a woman named Bertie Gandy in the stands.
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This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is McGregor’s Carter Chandler.
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This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Rogers senior Hallie Stojanik.
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Baylor freshman guard Keyonte George officially declared for the 2023 NBA draft.
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This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is Avagrace Warner.
No. 3 seed Baylor takes on No. 6 seed Creighton on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on TBS at 5:10 p.m. MT.
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No. 3 seed Baylor takes on No. 14 seed UC Santa Barbara on Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on TNT at 11:30 a.m. MT.
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MCC coach Bill Brock will reportedly be named the next women’s basketball coach at Tarleton State University.
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This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is Cooper Cherry from Midway High School.
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After getting swept by Iowa State in the regular season, the Baylor men’s basketball team had a chance for redemption.
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The Ellison High School boys basketball team is heading to the state tournament.
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The Fairfield Lady Eagles are heading back to the state championship game.
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As the leader of the Little Dribblers, the YMCA’s youth basketball league, for twenty-four years Curtis Harris has helped countless kids in Waco.
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The Lorena Leopards and Ellison Eagles are heading to the regional semifinals.
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Hollas is at the top of the senior class at Cameron High School.
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Baylor will end the regular season on Saturday when they host Iowa State.
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Baylor will close out their regular conference schedule on Saturday at the Ferrell Center as they host West Virginia.
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The La Vega and Fairfield girls basketball teams will play in regional finals on Saturday.
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The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor women’s basketball team fought hard against the No. 2 seed East Texas Baptist University in the American Southwest Conference Semifinals Friday in Abilene, eventually falling to the Tigers 68-65 in overtime.
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Dariana Orme – the reigning national pitcher of the week – fired a no-hitter while striking out a career-high 11, leading No. 25 Baylor to a 5-0 win over No. 21 Maryland in the opener of the Baylor Invitational, on Friday afternoon at Getterman Stadium.
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Baylor women’s basketball looked to snap a four-game losing streak on Wednesday night.
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Dariana Orme tossed the first seven-inning perfect game in Baylor softball history, leading the Bears to a 3-0 win over Stephen F. Austin in the home opener of the 2023 season, on a sunny Friday evening at Getterman Stadium.
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Baylor baseball (1-0) walked-off Central Michigan (0-1) Friday, 6-5, in 10 innings to win an Opening Day thriller at Baylor Ballpark in Waco.
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Baylor football has set its annual Green & Gold spring game for Saturday, April 22 at McLane Stadium.
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The last time the Bears lost three-consecutive games was during the 2007-08 season, and the last time BU dropped three-straight games against league opponents during the regular season was in the 2000-01 campaign.
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Former University of Texas quarterback Vince Young visited Crunch Fitness in Temple on Wednesday.
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This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is Preston Pustejovsky.
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The Baylor men’s basketball team defeated TCU on Saturday in Forth Worth.
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The Baylor women’s basketball team fell 77-56 on the road at Oklahoma State Saturday afternoon in just its second road loss of the season.
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The Big 12 agreed to terms with the University of Oklahoma and The University of Texas at Austin to leave the conference after the 2023-24 athletic ye
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The Baylor men’s basketball team defeated Oklahoma on Wednesday night at the Ferrell Center.
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Several Central Texas schools held signing celebrations on Wednesday to recognize students who recently signed with college athletic programs.
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