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: 16 hours ago
|By Darby Brown
The Abbott high school baseball team won the state championship by defeating Fayetteville.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2023 at 10:13 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
China Spring is advancing to the state championship game after winning the longest 4A state semifinal in UIL history.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2023 at 11:49 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
China Spring beat Taylor twice on Thursday night to reach the 4A state semifinals.
Updated: May. 31, 2023 at 5:44 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
Baylor guard Adam Flager will be staying in the NBA draft and won’t use his final year of college eligibility.
Updated: May. 30, 2023 at 6:24 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
The Crawford high school softball team fell 3-0 to Weimar in the 2A state semifinals.
Updated: May. 26, 2023 at 12:23 AM CDT
|By Darby Brown
West high school baseball defeated Diboll 3-2 on Thursday night to advance to the fifth round of the playoffs.
Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 10:21 AM CDT
|By Darby Brown
The Bosqueville high school baseball team helped out the Challenger Little League in the middle of their playoff run.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 11:07 AM CDT
|By Darby Brown
A Hillsboro 14-year-old is becoming a top Breakaway Roper.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 10:37 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
There’s a lot of hardware heading back to Central Texas after the first day of the UIL State Track & Field meet.
Updated: May. 5, 2023 at 10:15 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
Five China Spring athletes signed their letters of intent to compete at the next level on Friday.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 10:10 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
The Cleveland Browns selected Baylor defensive tackle Siaki “Apu” Ika in the third round as the No. 98 overall pick.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 3:56 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
Waco native Hailey Cowan will make her highly anticipated UFC debut on Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 at 9:51 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
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.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 10:19 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
The Baylor women’s rugby team is a club at Baylor, and it just started two years ago.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 10:00 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
A Central Texas bowling team won a state-wide event.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2023 at 6:49 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
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.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2023 at 9:44 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
Baylor women’s basketball standout Caitlin Bickle has signed a training camp contract with the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2023 at 10:55 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
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.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 10:47 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
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.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2023 at 10:23 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is McGregor’s Carter Chandler.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 11:09 AM CDT
|By Darby Brown
This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Rogers senior Hallie Stojanik.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2023 at 5:33 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
Baylor freshman guard Keyonte George officially declared for the 2023 NBA draft.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 1:57 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is Avagrace Warner.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2023 at 10:25 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
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.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 10:39 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
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.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 12:03 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
MCC coach Bill Brock will reportedly be named the next women’s basketball coach at Tarleton State University.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 7:53 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is Cooper Cherry from Midway High School.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 1:43 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
After getting swept by Iowa State in the regular season, the Baylor men’s basketball team had a chance for redemption.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2023 at 6:34 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Ellison High School boys basketball team is heading to the state tournament.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 2:52 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Fairfield Lady Eagles are heading back to the state championship game.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 9:43 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
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.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 11:14 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Lorena Leopards and Ellison Eagles are heading to the regional semifinals.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 10:34 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Hollas is at the top of the senior class at Cameron High School.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 10:19 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Baylor will end the regular season on Saturday when they host Iowa State.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 7:50 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Baylor will close out their regular conference schedule on Saturday at the Ferrell Center as they host West Virginia.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 11:50 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The La Vega and Fairfield girls basketball teams will play in regional finals on Saturday.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 9:30 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
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.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 5:48 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
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.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 8:37 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Baylor women’s basketball looked to snap a four-game losing streak on Wednesday night.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 at 11:17 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
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.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 at 11:15 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
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.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 7:45 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Baylor football has set its annual Green & Gold spring game for Saturday, April 22 at McLane Stadium.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 9:35 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
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.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 9:24 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Former University of Texas quarterback Vince Young visited Crunch Fitness in Temple on Wednesday.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 9:27 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is Preston Pustejovsky.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2023 at 5:22 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Baylor men’s basketball team defeated TCU on Saturday in Forth Worth.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2023 at 4:27 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
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.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 6:53 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
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
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 10:18 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Baylor men’s basketball team defeated Oklahoma on Wednesday night at the Ferrell Center.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 9:07 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Several Central Texas schools held signing celebrations on Wednesday to recognize students who recently signed with college athletic programs.