Stephen Hicks

Sports Director @ABC30. Proud @Cronkite_ASU alum. Back home in California. Still not sponsored by @GoPro. The "you look so tall on TV" guy.

[Stephen Hicks @StephenABC30]

Catch the reference to a CA trip in the last episode of the #LastDance? After the Bulls won its 6th title Michael Jordan headed to Fresno to attend the Rod Higgins Classic, a yearly camp that was started in 1985 by @FresnoStateMBB grads.
FULL STORY: https://t.co/hNS38Bn8sU

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This is summing up the problem bluntly for mid-majors competing in the NIL era.

[Fox News @FoxNews]

Legendary former Alabama football coach Nick Saban issues a stark warning on the devastating trajectory of college sports under current NIL rules.

"It's become an arms race, who spends the most has got the best chance to win.”

“But I think it's a race to the bottom because if you don't spend to win, you lose your fan base and you don't have any revenue."

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Thursday softball games set for 4:00 PM:
D-I NorCal
#2 Clovis East v. #6 Whitney

D-III SoCal
#4 Hanford West v. #8 Mission College Prep

D-IV SoCal
#2 Woodlake v. #3 Irvine

D-V NorCal
#2 Le Grand v. #3 Durham

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8 local ⚾️ & 🥎teams are moving on in the @CIFState playoffs. Redwood softball is still set to play in the D-II playoffs tomorrow at Birmingham. @ABC30

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Thursday baseball games set for 4:00 PM:
D-IV SoCal
#3 CVC v. #7 North

D-IV NorCal
#2 Livermore v. #3 Immanuel

D-V NorCal
#1 Minarets v. #4 Roosevelt

[Paul Meadors @paulmeadors]

CVC’s most famous alum, Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt sends a congratulatory message to the Cavs after winning the D3 Central Section title. Via Instagram. @CVC_Baseball @1430ESPN

[ABC30 Fresno @ABC30]

Central Valley athletes were well represented on the podium at the 2026 CIF State Track & Field Championships at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis. https://t.co/Z4pFoEwF1L

[Stephen Hicks @StephenABC30]

Julius Sanders is a state champion in the boys long jump!! The @CWAthletics_ junior jumped 24’5 1/4” to win the event!!! @ABC30

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Karsyn Van Grouw is a state champion!!! The @buchanantrack senior won the boys discus by 2 feet with a throw of 202’1”! @ABC30

[Stephen Hicks @StephenABC30]

Full list of local medalists at the 2026 @CIFState track and field championships. 2 local state champs:
🥇Julius Sanders, boys long jump (@ClovisWest)
🥇Karsyn Van Grouw, boys discus (@bhs_sports13)

[Stephen Hicks @StephenABC30]

Final event of the night...and bodies hit the floor in the last relay. Anchored by Cal commit EJ Morgan, Central East comes in 3rd place with a time of 3:14.38. Servite won the overall @CIFState title & set a nation's best time of 3:07.62 in the boys 4x400 relay. @ABC30

[Stephen Hicks @StephenABC30]

Make it 5 straight years for Bakersfield area schools.

[Paul Meadors @paulmeadors]

Liberty wins their second D1 baseball title in three years after defeating Bullard 6-2. The Knights actually outhit the Patriots 8 to 7. Congrats to Liberty, Bakersfield area baseball has been on a heater the last few years.

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@ABC30 @CifCentral Sophie Lopes (Central East) comes in 4th in the girls 300m hurdles. @abc30

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📍 Veterans Memorial Stadium
20 local athletes and teams will be trying to medal in the @CIFState track & field finals. @abc30

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@ABC30 Karsyn Van Grouw (Buchanan) continues @CifCentral’s dominance in the boys discus with a 1st place finish. Cooper Haydock (Clovis North) comes in 4th. @abc30

[Stephen Hicks @StephenABC30]

This is an absolutely incredible story!

[Jordan Bontke @JBontkeABC15]

The chances of catching a foul ball at an MLB game are roughly 1 in 1100. The chances of catching an MLB home run are 1 in 40-50 thousand.

This week - @abc15 caught up with the @Dbacks fan who caught TWO home runs on consecutive days from the SAME player, even the SAME inning.

What are those chances?

[Stephen Hicks @StephenABC30]

History cannot forget about this early walk from Tiger Woods in 2008.

[PGA TOUR @PGATOUR]

Is this the earliest walk ... ever?

Hideki Matsuyama loved this one immediately.