If there’s one thing Brock Spack doesn’t want to see from one of his players on the field it’s ‘palms up.’… MORE
Category Archives: Illinois State Redbirds
Muller signs 7-year contract extension
By Greg Halbleib NORMAL – Illinois State has signed men’s basketball coach Dan Muller to a seven-year contract extension through the 2023-24 season. Muller enters his sixth season as Redbird hoops coach. He led the Birds to a share of the Missouri Valley Conference title with a program-best league record of 17-1. His Redbirds also set…… MORE
Illinois State’s Pence named MVC Defensive Player of the Week
Illinois State’s Courtney Pence was recognized as the Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week in the league’s first weekly awards announcement of the season Monday.… MORE
Redbird volleyball team feels like family for two late newcomers
Machayla Leonard considers herself solid as a rock when it comes to helping a team keep its composure on the volleyball court.… MORE
Redbird soccer picked to win MVC
The Illinois State women’s soccer team received seven first-place tallies and 63 total points when voted as the top team in the 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Preseason Poll, as announced by the league Monday.… MORE
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Mullins joins ISU men’s basketball staff
Brendan Mullins, a suburban Chicago native who most recently worked as an assistant men’s basketball coach at UIC for two seasons, is staying in-state to serve as Illinois State’s new assistant coach.… MORE
Former ISU track star Goy selected for MVC Hall of Fame
Former Illinois State All-American and NCAA champion Christian Goy was selected as one of six inductees in the 21st Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame class.… MORE
Redbirds rank No. 18 in FCS preseason coaches poll
For the second time this week, the Illinois State football team was recognized as one of the best 25 teams in the FCS headed into the season when the Redbirds were ranked No. 18 in the 2017 FCS preseason coaches poll. … MORE
Redbirds ranked No. 20 in FCS Preseason Top 25
The Illinois State football team was ranked No. 20 in the STATS FCS Preseason Top 25 announced Monday.… 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…