The Bloomington Edge has partnered with the Bloomington-Normal Athlete factory to host a free high hchool football coaching clinic in conjunction with the Central Illinois High School Recruiting Showcase.… MORE
The Bloomington Edge has partnered with the Bloomington-Normal Athlete factory to host a free high hchool football coaching clinic in conjunction with the Central Illinois High School Recruiting Showcase.… MORE
The Bloomington Edge is trying to inform the public about athletic related concussions.… MORE
The Bloomington Edge has announced the signing of former Illinois State offensive linemen Kyle Avaloy.… MORE
The Bloomington Edge has announced it will be rejoining the Indoor Football League, the league in which it competed from 2009 to 2012.… MORE
Nick Ruud has been an offensive lineman and assistant coach for the Bloomington Edge and, previously, the Extreme for all but one year of the team’s existence.… MORE
The Bloomington Edge indoor football team has entered into a partnership with the Bloomington Knockers youth football team.… MORE
The Bloomington Edge has announced a two-year contract extension for general manager Charles Welde.… MORE
The Bloomington Edge has released its schedule for the 2017 season… MORE
Former Edge linebacker Ameer Ismail has been named as the team’s new head coach, the team announced earlier today.… MORE
The Bloomington Edge and head coach John Johnson have mutually decided to part ways effective immediately.… MORE
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…