Longtime sportscaster Fred Hickman, best known for his work on CNN and ESPN, passed away on November 9, 2022, according to multiple reports. However, his cause of death has not been revealed.
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Hickman was a pioneer in the sports media world, and fans and former colleagues are paying tribute on Twitter.
“RIP Fred Hickman. If you are about my age, he was one of the faces on your sports-crazy youth on CNN. He was a true OG in the field. Him, Nick Charles, Vince Cellini, Van Earl Wright, Jerome Jurenovich, etc. They were our internet before the internet,” Colin Cunlap tweeted.
RIP Fred Hickman.
If you are about my age, he was one of the faces on your sports-crazy youth on CNN. He was a true OG in the field. Him, Nick Charles, Vince Cellini, Van Earl Wright, Jerome Jurenovich, etc.
They were our internet before the internet. pic.twitter.com/tQ3IXgZSv0Advertisement
— Colin Dunlap (@colin_dunlap) November 10, 2022
“I just learned of the death of Fred Hickman. @FHickmannews. All young African-American journalists owe Fred. He was at CNN when it started and paved the way for all of us. He called me on my birthday Friday and I hadn’t returned the call. A legend is gone. Pray for his family,” one fan wrote.
From 1988 to 1993, Hickman was nominated for CableACE awards (Award for Cable Excellence) for best sports host every year, winning in 1989 and 1993.
In 2004, he won a New York Sports Emmy Award and was inducted into the Springfield Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.
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