Illinois State’s Dan Muller is an Illinois Basketball Coaches Association NCAA Division I Coach of the Year honoree, as announced by the IBCA. Muller shares the statewide award with Northwestern head coach Chris Collins, the son of Redbird great Doug Collins.… MORE
For the second week in a row, Jordan de los Reyes was named the MVC’s softball Player of the Week as announced by the conference office Monday. … MORE
A total of five former Illinois State football standouts will have the opportunity to secure a spot on an NFL roster this spring and summer… MORE
Three former Redbirds found new homes during the final day of the NFL Draft.… MORE
Illinois State men’s basketball has reportedly landed first-team all-stater Taylor Bruninga.… MORE
Leading the Redbirds to their fourth sweep of the season and a 5-0 week, Illinois State’s battery, Sarah Finck and Jordan de los Reyes, collected the MVC’s softball Pitcher and Player of the Week, respectively, the conference office announced Monday.… MORE
Illinois State head volleyball coach Melissa Myers will be inducted into the California University of Pennsylvania’s 22nd Athletic Hall of Fame Class on Saturday at the Cal U Athletic Hall of Fame dinner, in the Performance Center of the Natali Student Center on the university’s main campus.… MORE
After a record setting season, the Illinois State Men’s Basketball team lost three starters to graduation… MORE
The Illinois State men’s tennis team will compete in the Summit League as an affiliate member beginning with the 2017-18 season, the Summit League office announced Tuesday.… MORE
Illinois State men’s basketball has reportedly landed one of the top junior college players in California.… 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…