WJBC will be wall-to-wall basketball for the post-holiday break for the State Farm Holiday Classic.… MORE
Category Archives: Illinois State Redbirds
Redbirds finish nonconference season on a high note, down Tennessee State
The Illinois State Redbirds won its third game against a member of the Ohio Valley Conference at Redbird Arena this season downing Tennessee State 66-55 in ISU’s final nonconference game of the 2015-16 campaign.… MORE
ISU pitcher Hendren named Louisville Slugger Preseason All-American
Illinois State’s Jacob Hendren has been named a Louisville Slugger Preseason All-American, as selected by Collegiate Baseball newspaper, the organization announced Tuesday. Hendren was a third-team selection.… MORE
ISU men’s basketball to play in 2016 Diamond Head Classic
The Illinois State men’s basketball team is one of eight programs slated to compete in the 2016 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, with games scheduled for Dec. 22, 23 and 25, 2016, hosted by the University of Hawai’i at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu.… MORE
Ex-ISU player, coach brings team to Redbird Arena tonight
Illinois State alum and Tennessee State head coach Dana Ford returns to Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena when his Tigers face the Redbirds in ISU’s non-conference finale tonight. … MORE
Illinois State holds Cougars at bay
Octavia Crump scored a season-high 21 points Monday night, as the Illinois State women’s basketball team defeated Chicago State, 57-53, inside of Redbird Arena.… MORE
Coprich receives more accolades
For the fifth time in the last week, Illinois State senior running back Marshaun Coprich was named as one of the best players in the country when the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) announced its 2015 Football Championship Subdivision Coaches’ All-America Team on Monday. … MORE
Hawks fly past Redbrids
The Saint Joseph’s Hawks made 15 three-pointers in its 79-65 win over Illinois State at Hagan Arena in Philadelphia… MORE
Coprich named to FCS ADA All-America Team
The postseason honors continue to roll in for Illinois State senior running back Marshaun Coprich, who was selected as one of 11 players for the 2015 Division I Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA) All-America Team on Thursday.… MORE
Women’s hoops cannot overcome Yale’s third-quarter run
The Illinois State women’s basketball team fell to Yale, 60-47, Wednesday at the Lee Amphitheater, after a third-quarter run proved to be too much for the Redbirds. … MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
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.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
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…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
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…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
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…