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Category Archives: Illinois State Redbirds
Tuesday scoreboard: Redbird men hold off UNI for 2nd straight MVC win
Tuesday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… MORE
Sunday scoreboard: Redbird women 7-game win streak ends, Bears fall in final seconds
Sunday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… MORE
Saturday scoreboard: Redbird men capture 1st MVC win
Saturday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan Men’s College Basketball– Illinois State 58, Evansville 46 (Phil Fayne 20 points to lead ISU, surpasses 1,000 career points) Boys High School Basketball– Normal West 49, Edwardsville 27 (Highland Shootout) Bloomington 79, East St. Louis 63 (Highland Shootout) Normal Community 78, Oswego East 63 (St.…… MORE
Friday scoreboard, Saturday schedule: ISU women beat UNI in MVC opener
The weekend scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan. … MORE
Wednesday scoreboard: ISU men fall on half-court buzzer-beater, IWU men win while Titan women fall
Wednesday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… MORE
Maggett sweeps weekly MVC women’s hoops awards
Illinois State junior guard TeTe Maggett has swept the Missouri Valley Conference women’s basketball weekly awards.… MORE
Friday scoreboard: Redbird men fall at UCF
Friday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… MORE
Career-high 30 from Goods leads Redbird women past SLU
Illinois State women’s basketball held off Saint Louis 72-67 on Thursday afternoon on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena. … MORE
Redbird football adds 11 on signing day plus 3 mid-year transfers
Redbird coach Brock Spack said this portion of the signing class is well-rounded.… 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…