Owen Miller had to avoid not one, but two tag attempts at the plate to score the game-winning run in Illinois State’s 4-3 walk-off win over visiting Bradley Sunday at Duffy Bass Field.… MORE
Category Archives: Illinois State Redbirds
Illinois State finalizes roster, juco wing Clayton
The Illinois State Redbirds men’s basketball program has filled its final scholarship for the 2016-17 season with the addition of 6-foot-6, 185 pound guard D.J. Clayton from Palm Beach State.… MORE
Redbird softball falls in regular season finale at UNI
Shannon Felde drove in the tying run in the top of the sixth inning, but UNI answered in the bottom half of the frame to defeat the Illinois State softball team, 2-1, in the regular season finale Sunday in Cedar Falls, Iowa.… MORE
ISU falls to Bradley
Bradley broke a 3-3 tie with two runs in the top of the eighth inning to send the Illinois State baseball team to its second loss in as many days Saturday at Duffy Bass Field.… MORE
Illinois State splits with Northern Iowa
The Illinois State softball team clinched a spot in next week’s Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in Carbondale, Illinois, as the Redbirds split with Northern Iowa in conference action Saturday at Robinson Dresser Field. … MORE
Bradley surges past Illinois State baseball
The Illinois State baseball team grabbed an early lead but Bradley put crooked numbers on the scoreboard in the fifth, seventh and eighth innings Friday in the opening game of a three-game series at Duffy Bass Field.… MORE
St. Louis transfer Yarbrough joins Redbirds
Saint Louis transfer Milik Yarbrough will continue his education and basketball career at Illinois State.… MORE
Katie Ehlen named Director of Basketball Operations
The Illinois State women’s basketball program has named Katie Ehlen its new Director of Basketball Operations, it was announced Wednesday by head coach Barb Smith.… MORE
ISU AD ‘frustrated’ by Auburn’s sudden hiring of Dollar
The sudden departure of Chad Dollar from Dan Muller’s basketball coaching staff at Illinois State came as a surprise to the Redbirds.… MORE
Mahomet-Seymour’s Romine transfers to ISU
The Illinois State Redbirds men’s basketball program has just one scholarship remaining for the 2016-17 season with the addition of 6-foot-9 Christian Romine.… 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…