Randy Kindred
CorrespondentRandy Kindred spent 42 years as a sportswriter at The Pantagraph, including eight as sports editor. A native of Atlanta, Illinois, and an Illinois State graduate, he covered a wide range of sports as a reporter and columnist.
Kindred retired from full-time duty in March 2020, but continued to write columns for The Pantagraph. His byline appeared in the newspaper for 45 years.
Randy joined WGLT as a part-time correspondent in 2023. You can reach Randy at rkindred58@gmail.com.
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Mark Johnson, former play-by-play man for Illinois State University football and basketball at WJBC Radio, is front and center for Colorado’s gridiron revival as the “Voice of the Buffaloes.”
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Former Illinois State University basketball player Taylor Bruninga grew up in Mapleton listening to music, exposed to rock and roll by his father, Brent, and to country by his mother, Kindra. Now, at 24, he is drawing upon both as an aspiring singer/songwriter.
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Feel free to marvel at what TJ Barger, the former Bloomington High School and current Illinois State golfer, did with a club in his hands this summer.
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Any remembrance of Rudy Klokkenga must include softball. He played it as a young man, becoming a pitching ace in an era when many small towns fielded men’s fastpitch teams. His name is on the Illinois State softball press box, a tribute to Klokkenga’s unwavering love and support of the Redbirds.
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Darrell Crouch has won plenty as Washington High School’s head football coach. Yet, the true measure of Crouch is not how much he’s won, but how he responded in a time of loss.