The Illinois State soccer team defeated Milwaukee, 3-1, and head coach Eric Golz won his first match as a collegiate head coach after being hired in January. … MORE
Category Archives: Illinois State Redbirds
FCS Championship Game tickets go on sale Saturday
Illinois State football fans who encountered challenges securing tickets for the FCS Championship Game in Frisco, Texas, this January can get a heard start on 2016 in anticipation of another long post-season run. … MORE
ISU great Boswell joins Redbird coaching staff
Redbird legend Cathy Boswell has joined the Illinois State women’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, as announced by head coach Barb Smith Wednesday.… MORE
Illinois State soccer drops home opener to Illini
The Illinois State soccer team dropped an intense 1-0 match to in-state rival, Illinois, Sunday night at Adelaide Street Field. … MORE
Knight signs pro contract with team in Lithuania
Former Illinois State guard Daishon Knight has signed a contract to play professionally in Lithuania for BC Šiauliai, a team that competes in the FIBA Europe Cup league.… MORE
Illinois State volleyball rebuilds after perfect MVC season
Melissa Myers has become used to exceeding expectations.… MORE
Redbird soccer falls to Ohio State in season opener
The Illinois State soccer team fell 6-2 to Ohio State Friday night in Columbus, Ohio. The Redbirds dropped to 0-1-0 on the year and lost their season opener for the first time since 2011.… MORE
Cardinals, CornBelters, ISU soccer opener on WJBC
The St. Louis Cardinals start a 10-game road swing on Friday night with a visit to Petco Park to play the San Diego Padres.… MORE
Highland reflects on ‘positive’ experience with New Orleans Saints
Former Central Catholic and Illinois State long snapper Chris Highland recalls being called to the coaches office when he was in training camp with the New Orleans Saints and knowing what was about to happen next.… MORE
Redbirds picked fifth, Rosch and Keene preseason All-MVC
The Illinois State volleyball team has been picked to finish fifth in the Missouri Valley Conference in a preseason poll of conference coaches, while returning Redbirds Ashley Rosch and Jaelyn Keene were named to the league’s preseason all-conference team, the MVC announced Wednesday.… 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…