Fred Hickman, who helped launch CNN Sports and YES Network, dead at 66 | CNN Business

Hickman was one of the earliest employees of CNN. On June 1, 1980, the network’s first day on the air, he and Nick Charles were the first hosts of “Sports Tonight,” the 11 pm ET sports news and highlights program which competed with ESPN’s “SportsCenter,” often winning the time slot. He stayed with CNN and Turner Sports for most of the next 21 years. In 2001 he moved to the YES Network, the regional sports network that airs Yankees and Brooklyn Nets games, among other programming.

He then moved on to Fox, serving as pre- and post-game host for the Atlanta Braves broadcasts on the Fox Sports South and Sport South Networks, through 2011. Recently, he served as an anchor and managing editor at Black News Channel.He was praised by many of his former colleagues and fans when news of his passing spread on Wednesday.

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