Randall James Karraker (born August 19, 1962) is an American sportscaster in

St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...

. He is the former host of ''The Fast Lane'', the top-rated sports radio show in St. Louis, on 101 ESPN, with former

St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals ha ...

player Brad Thompson and Chris Rongey. He was also the host of the

St. Louis Rams The St. Louis Rams were a professional American football team of the National Football League (NFL). They played in St. Louis from 1995 to the 2015 season, before moving back to Los Angeles, where the team had played from 1946 to 1994. The arr ...

pregame shows on 101 ESPN up until the team's move to Los Angeles in January 2016. He hosted this show with former NFL coach

Jim Hanifan James Martin Michael Hanifan (September 21, 1933 – November 24, 2020) was an American professional football player and coach. He served as the head coach for the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) from 1980 to 1985 and a ...

, before Hanifan was replaced by

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in 2009, and then with Anthony Stalter up until the team's departure. In 2009 and 2010, he was also the television voice of Southern Illinois Edwardsville Cougars basketball on CCIN. He used to be the host of the popular CCIN television program ''Chalk Talk'', with Malcolm Briggs, McGraw Millhaven, and

Tony Twist Anthony Rory Twist (born May 9, 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played left wing in the NHL for the St. Louis Blues and Quebec Nordiques, and was a feared enforcer. Twist penned a foreword to the Ross Bernstein boo ...

. Karraker left "The Fast Lane" on May 1, 2020, to host his own show on 101, "Karraker and Smallmon." Before arriving at 101 ESPN, Karraker had an 18-year stint at

KMOX KMOX (1120 AM) is a commercial radio station in St. Louis, Missouri. Owned by Audacy, Inc., it is a 50,000 watt Class A clear-channel station with a non-directional signal. The KMOX studios and offices are on Olive Street at Tucker Bouleva ...

, working his way up from an intern to the host of the station's marquee sports program, ''Sports Open Line'', after which he had two shorter stints at KTRS and Team 1380, where he hosted an afternoon drive program, ''The Roll Home'', with St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bernie Miklasz. He attended

Lindenwood University Lindenwood University is a private university in St. Charles, Missouri. Founded in 1827 by George Champlin Sibley and Mary Easton Sibley as The Lindenwood School for Girls, it is the second-oldest higher-education institution west of the Mis ...

, then known as Lindenwood College, in St. Charles, Missouri, which also produced sportscasters Greg Amsinger and Dan McLaughlin.

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''The Fastlane'' homepage Riverfront Times article detailing the 2005 mass firings at KTRSOfficial TwitterPress Release announcing the addition of Karraker to the Rams broadcast team Karraker announces he wants to buy the Rams
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