Frederick Hickman (October 17, 1956 – November 9, 2022) was an American sports broadcaster with CNN, TBS, YES Network, and ESPN.

[1] He graduated from Springfield Southeast High School in 1974,[5] then attended Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa from 1974 to 1978, where he earned a B.S.

[9] In 1977, Hickman began his professional radio broadcasting career as a news anchor at KLWW-AM in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

[1][2] After leaving Coe College, Hickman moved back to his hometown of Springfield, Illinois[9] to work at the radio station WFMB-AM, where he was responsible for playing country music.

[6][11][12] In 1984, Hickman briefly left CNN to serve as a sports anchor for WDIV, the NBC affiliate in Detroit, Michigan.

He served as an anchor, a beat reporter for Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers, and a boxing specialist from June 1984 to May 1985.

Hickman caused a controversy in 2000 when he cast his first place vote for the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for Allen Iverson.

[17] Hickman joined as host of the Braves Live pre & post game show for the 2009 and 2010 seasons on Fox Sports South, based in Atlanta, Georgia.

[19] In August 2015, Hickman joined WVLA-TV, Nexstar's NBC affiliate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as a news anchor.