1. Frederick Hickman was an American sports broadcaster with CNN, TBS, YES Network, and ESPN.
24 Facts About Fred Hickman
1. 2.
Fred Hickman was later an anchor and managing editor for the evening newscast of the African-American cable news channel Black News Channel.
3.
Fred Hickman received CableACE awards in 1989 and 1993, and was a New York Sports Emmy Award Winner in 2004.
4.
In 1977, Fred Hickman began his professional radio broadcasting career as a news anchor at KLWW-AM in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
5.
In February 1978, at age 21, Fred Hickman became an anchor and sports director of the Springfield television station WICS-TV.
6.
In 1980 Fred Hickman joined the young cable television company Turner Broadcasting System in Atlanta, Georgia, working with Nick Charles as part of a four-person sports department for the company's Cable News Network.
7.
In 1984, Fred Hickman briefly left CNN to serve as a sports anchor for WDIV, the NBC affiliate in Detroit, Michigan.
8.
Fred Hickman served as an anchor, a beat reporter for Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers, and a boxing specialist from June 1984 to May 1985.
9.
Fred Hickman remained with CNN until September 2001, and while there served as host for both the NBA and NFL pre-game and post-game shows, a commentator on the Atlanta Hawks, and a co-host of the Olympic Winter Games in Albertville, France in 1992, the Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway in 1994, and the 1994 Goodwill Games in St Petersburg, Russia.
10.
In 1999, Fred Hickman was part of a news story when he reported on the millennium celebrations in New York during CNN's coverage of the event.
11.
Fred Hickman served as a Master of Ceremonies, speaker and guest panelist at the Butkus award and the Eddie Robinson Award as well as narrator for TBS's contribution to Bob Ballard's National Geographic specials, including the recovery of the Titanic.
12.
Fred Hickman caused a controversy in 2000 when he cast his first place vote for the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for Allen Iverson.
13.
Fred Hickman was the sole voter who did not cast his first place vote that year for Shaquille O'Neal, preventing O'Neal from becoming the first unanimous MVP in NBA history.
14.
Fred Hickman left Atlanta in October 2001 to join the New York City-based YES Network for its 2002 launch.
15.
Fred Hickman was their original anchor, hosting the pre-game and the post-game shows for New York Yankees telecasts.
16.
In late 2004, after the completion of three baseball seasons and two NBA seasons with the YES network, Fred Hickman left to join ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut.
17.
Fred Hickman appeared as a fill-in host on ESPN radio and briefly hosted ESPNEWS.
18.
Fred Hickman hosted the In My Own Words interview show.
19.
In September 2010, Fred Hickman formed Fred Hickman Communications, Inc The company provides broadcaster training for retired athletes and media training services for athletes, coaching staff and sports industry front office personnel.
20.
Fred Hickman worked as a speaker, spokesperson, event host, voice over artist and narrator.
21.
Fred Hickman stayed there until his departure in July 2018.
22.
Fred Hickman died of liver cancer at a hospital in Kissimmee, Florida, on November 9,2022, at the age of 66.
23.
Fred Hickman was nominated for CableACE awards for best sports host every year from 1988 to 1993, winning in 1989 and 1993.
24.
Fred Hickman was a New York Sports Emmy Award Winner in 2004, and was added to the Springfield Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.