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: May. 23, 2022 at 7:50 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
The Cougars will face Orangefield on Wednesday at 7p.m. in Navasota.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 11:37 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
Central Texas is well represented at the UIL State Track and Field meet.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 11:29 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
The Bears will look to go to the postseason during the NCAA Softball Selection Show at 5 p.m Sunday on ESPN2.
Updated: May. 9, 2022 at 9:43 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
McLennan advances to the national tournament for the first time since 2016.
Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 9:15 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers classroom champion is Troy’s Graycee Mosley.
Updated: May. 2, 2022 at 10:38 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
The Baylor men’s tennis team will host first- and second-round action of the NCAA Tennis Championship, as announced by the NCAA Monday evening.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2022 at 3:26 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
Doctors told Ty he couldn’t play contact sports anymore. So, he stepped away from football and basketball, picked up a racket, and now he’s going to state.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 5:27 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
McMurry University honored the powerful legacy of distinguished alumnus Grant Teaff on Friday unveiling a statue.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 4:05 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
The MCC softball team set a new program record last season with 111 home runs
Updated: Apr. 21, 2022 at 11:09 AM CDT
|By Darby Brown
A former Baylor offensive lineman developed a passion for grilling, and has been sharing it with Baylor nation.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2022 at 10:54 AM CDT
|By Darby Brown
This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is Crawford’s Lexi Moody.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2022 at 5:37 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
Baylor freshman Jeremy Sochan declared for the 2022 NBA Draft.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2022 at 10:59 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
The Salado baseball and softball teams took shelter at the school Tuesday night when the threat of tornadoes began.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2022 at 7:13 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
Baylor’s Queen Egbo was selected by the Indiana Fever with the tenth overall pick.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2022 at 6:22 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
The Indiana Fever selected Baylor’s NaLyssa Smith with the second overall pick of the 2022 WNBA draft.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2022 at 10:32 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
China Spring’s softball team presented a check to a veteran in need on Friday night at their game against Robinson.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2022 at 10:01 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is Marlin’s McKenna Johnson.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2022 at 4:16 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
Big 12 Conference Commissioner Bob Bowlsby announced Tuesday that he will step away from the Commissioner’s chair later this year after a decade of leading the league.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2022 at 9:39 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
The 2022 NFL Draft is scheduled for April 28.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 5:48 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
Baylor’s defensive line looks to build off of success in 2021.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 5:38 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
Baylor guard James Akinjo will enter the 2022 NBA draft.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2022 at 10:03 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
Lake Belton High School’s batting cages have been renamed the Jace Jefferson Memorial Batting Cages at dedication ceremony on Wednesday.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2022 at 11:09 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is Robinson senior Rachael Hartley.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2022 at 7:05 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
Baylor women’s basketball hosted South Dakota for the second round of the NCAA tournament.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 4:51 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
Baylor women’s basketball hosted Hawaii in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2022 at 5:30 PM CDT
|By Darby Brown
Baylor men’s basketball earned a No. 1 seed in the 2022 NCAA tournament.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2022 at 8:28 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
It was quite the day for the Smith family. NaLyssa Smith set a new career high and the family won $6,600 in gas money that will be put to good use.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2022 at 6:45 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Oklahoma knocked the Baylor men’s basketball team out of the Big 12 tournament Thursday night. The loss was disappointing for the local team, but there’s a Waco native who showed out for the Sooners - Umoja Gibson.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 9:30 AM CST
|By Darby Brown
Bear Bacon was first noticed wearing a green suit at the Ferrell Center before the Kansas game. Since then, he’s been at all of the Baylor games and taking social media by storm.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2022 at 7:44 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Baylor Men’s and Women’s basketball teams are set to compete in the Big 12 tournaments in Kansas City this week.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2022 at 3:43 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Baylor women’s basketball team secured an outright Big 12 title on Sunday with a win over Texas Tech.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2022 at 9:27 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor men’s basketball team earned a 98-82 win over Trinity University Texas in the NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Second Round Saturday evening in Belton. The win improved the Cru to 27-2 on the season while the Tigers ended their season at 23-6.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2022 at 9:05 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Fairfield picked up their second state title in three years on Saturday.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2022 at 7:16 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Baylor men’s basketball defeated Iowa State on Saturday to share the Big 12 regular season title with Kansas.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2022 at 10:21 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Baylor men’s basketball team defeated Texas in Austin on Monday night to complete a sweep this season.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2022 at 7:51 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Baylor women’s basketball team’s dominance continues.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2022 at 11:49 AM CST
|By Darby Brown
Grambling State has hired former Baylor head football coach, Art Briles, as their new offensive coordinator.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 3:08 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The University High school boys basketball team played in a first-round playoff game on Tuesday night, while mourning the loss of their teammate DreVion Booker.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2022 at 6:35 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Copperas Cove ISD Board of Trustees approved the personnel for both the district’s athletic director and the head football coach.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2022 at 10:22 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Baylor men’s basketball fell to Texas Tech for the second time this season.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2022 at 8:44 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Baylor women’s basketball game hosted TCU on Wednesday night at the Ferrell Center.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2022 at 9:36 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers is Clifton’s Griffin Phillips.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2022 at 10:19 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
A beloved Central Texas high school football coach, LeRoy Coleman, died on Saturday at age 74.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 at 10:22 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
A former Baylor standout will be playing in the Super Bowl with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 at 9:50 AM CST
|By Darby Brown
The Greater Waco Sports Commission is sponsoring five McLennan County athletes in their journey to compete in either IRONMAN Waco or IRONMAN 70.3 Waco with a free entry to either 2022 race.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 at 9:45 AM CST
|By Darby Brown
Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua scored 21 points on 8-of-9 shooting as No. 10 Baylor beat Kansas State 75-60. James Akinjo added 15 points for the balanced Bears, and Adam Flagler had 10.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 11:04 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
In honor of Black History Month, University High School head football coach Kent Laster invited former Baylor track and field coach Clyde Hart to speak with his team.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2022 at 10:06 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
Wednesday marked the 2022 National Signing Day, and athletes all around Central Texas made their college plans official.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2022 at 6:07 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
This week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion is Midway’s Caden Powell.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2022 at 2:45 PM CST
|By Darby Brown
UMHB announced that student, Jackson Sennie, died Monday from injuries sustained in an automobile accident