By ISU Sports Information NORMAL – Illinois State women’s basketball team secured their third-straight home victory as they defeated the SIUE Cougars on Thursday 62-47. How It Happened The Redbirds opened up the game as Hannah Green received a pass from Megan Talbot and was good for two. The Cougars responded with a jumper by…… MORE
Illinois State put three players in double-figure scoring, led by Phil Fayne’s 15 points; however, the Nevada Wolf Pack – who are two spots away from climbing into the Top 25 – got a game-high 21 points from Caleb Martin in a 98-68 Nevada win.… MORE
Illinois State University has now participated in Giving Tuesday, the national pseudo holiday which follows black friday and cyber monday, for the last four years.… MORE
A quartet of Illinois State football standouts highlighted a group of nine Illinois State football players who earned 2017 All-Missouri Valley Football Conference Team honors, Monday, in the annual vote of league head coaches, sports information directors and media.… MORE
Illinois State Women’s Basketball captured their second straight home victory today as they defeated the Kangaroos of UMKC 64-53.… MORE
The Illinois State Redbirds dropped its post-Thanksgiving battle to the Charleston Southern Buccaneers, falling in overtime 64-62. The game was Illinois State’s first overtime game since January 4 of last season against Missouri State.… MORE
Brady Rose scored eight unanswered points after Illinois Wesleyan’s lead had been trimmed to three midway through the second half as the Titans pulled away to an 80-59 win over Millsaps in the Rhodes Thanksgiving Classic at Mallory Gymnasium.
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Stef Jankiewicz was named the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year, while Jaelyn Keene and Courtney Pence took home All-MVC First-Team honors, the league announced in its annual postseason awards presentation Thursday at Redbird Arena.… MORE
Illinois State jumped out quickly and early against the Quincy Hawks on Wednesday evening, leading wire-to-wire in the 2017-18 home opener for the Redbirds. … MORE
Illinois State fell short against the George Mason Patriots 56-37 on Wednesday.… 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…