Fred Hickman, an iconic sports broadcaster who graced television screens for more than 40 years, died on Wednesday. He was 66.
Hickman worked in several markets during his long sports broadcasting career. He is well known from his time co-anchoring Sports Tonight with Nick Charles at CNN, beginning in 1980.
However, the longtime sportscaster left the network to join WDIV-TV in Detroit in 1984 as a sports desk anchor while also covering MLB’s Tigers.
ESPN anchor Hannah Storm, a former co-worker of Hickman’s at CNN, tweeted that she had much respect for Hickman and enjoyed working with him.