{"id":1711,"date":"2018-02-09T15:22:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T21:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1960sclassnews\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2018-02-09T15:43:54","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T21:43:54","slug":"david-kindred-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1960sclassnews\/2018\/02\/09\/david-kindred-63\/","title":{"rendered":"David Kindred &#8217;63"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday,\u00a0PEN America announced\u00a0that David Kindred &#8217;63 won the PEN\/ESPN Lifetime Achievement in Literary Sports Writing. The award is given \u201cto a living sports writer for literary merit and dedication to sports writing with keen knowledge, insight, and a literary voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kindred began his career at the Bloomington Pantagraph in 1959 after attending IWU. Since 1966, Kindred has written for the Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville Times, The Washington Post, Atlanta Journal Constitution, The National and Sporting News.<\/p>\n<p>His work includes\u00a0<em>Heroes, Fools and Other Dreamers: A Sportswriter\u2019s Gallery of Extraordinary People, Around the World in 18 Holes, For the Love of the Game: Women Who Go Toe-To-Toe With the Men, Morning Miracle: Inside the Washington Post The Fight to Keep a Great Newspaper Alive,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Sound and Fury: Two Powerful Lives, One Fateful Friendship.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Since 2010, Kindred has written an online blog about the Morton High School girls basketball team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1960sclassnews\/files\/2018\/02\/DaveKindred_BW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1712\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1960sclassnews\/files\/2018\/02\/DaveKindred_BW-258x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1960sclassnews\/files\/2018\/02\/DaveKindred_BW-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1960sclassnews\/files\/2018\/02\/DaveKindred_BW-768x893.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1960sclassnews\/files\/2018\/02\/DaveKindred_BW-881x1024.jpg 881w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1960sclassnews\/files\/2018\/02\/DaveKindred_BW.jpg 1566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read the article from the Chillicothe Times-Bulletin here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chillicothetimesbulletin.com\/sports\/20180207\/dave-kindred-wins-pen-america-espn-lifetime-achievement-award-for-literary-sports-writing\">http:\/\/www.chillicothetimesbulletin.com\/sports\/20180207\/dave-kindred-wins-pen-america-espn-lifetime-achievement-award-for-literary-sports-writing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more about the PEN America award winners here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pen.org\/2018-lifetime-career-achievement-honorees\/\">https:\/\/pen.org\/2018-lifetime-career-achievement-honorees\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Congratulations, David!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday,\u00a0PEN America announced\u00a0that David Kindred &#8217;63 won the PEN\/ESPN Lifetime Achievement in Literary Sports Writing. 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