An Intercity match-up that ends a long coaching career highlights the final week of the local high school football season.… MORE
Category Archives: Illinois State Redbirds
Spack Show; Seahawks vs 49ers on WJBC
Illinois State football coach Brock Spack will preview Saturday’s homecoming game vs. Western Illinois when he joins WJBC’s Dick Luedke and Ted Schmitz in the Schooners beer garden tonight for the Brock Spack Show.… MORE
ISU Basketball Cancun Challenge with Suzi Davis Travel
Dan Swaney has your chance to win a trip for two on the Cancun Challenge! Listen to Dan from 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm for him to play the Cancun basketball sounder. Call in to qualify. … MORE
Illinois State volleyball blocks Sycamores in 4-set win
The Illinois State volleyball team (16-6, 6-3) defeated Indiana State (14-10, 3-6) Tuesday night inside ISU Arena, 3-1. … MORE
ISU women’s basketball team looking to move up
There’s no way to go, but up for Illinois State’s women’s basketball team after last year’s 2-28 season and third-year coach Barb Smith believes she has the team to get the job done.… MORE
Former ISU women’s athletics pioneer Mabry passes away at 86
A champion for women in sports has passed away at the age of 86.… MORE
Lefty’s Corner: Another ranked opponent for ISU gridders
Another week, another ranked opponent for Illinois State’s No. 3 nationally ranked football team Saturday at Hancock Stadium in a 2 p.m. Missouri Valley Conference game.… MORE
ISU’s Keene, Pence earn MVC weekly honors
Jaelyn Keene and Courtney Pence were both honored for their performances in this weekend’s pair of victories for the Illinois State volleyball team. Keene was named Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week and Pence was named MVC Defensive Player of the Week.… MORE
Lefty’s Corner: Redbird hoopsters will have different look
It will be a mix of old and new for the Illinois State men’s basketball team this year with the return of six lettermen, including three starters, from last year’s 22-13 team that advanced to the second round of the National Invitation Tournament.… MORE
ISU volleyball wins 5-set battle over Salukis
NORMAL – The Illinois State volleyball team (15-6, 5-3 MVC) needed five sets to defeat Southern Illinois (14-7, 5-3 MVC), 3-2, Saturday night inside Redbird Arena.… 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…