Illinois State senior outfielder Sean Beesley has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Player of the Week, the league announced Monday.… MORE
Category Archives: Illinois State Redbirds
Miller leads Redbirds to extra-inning win over Evansville
Owen Miller matched a career high with four hits – none bigger than a two-run, go-ahead single in the top of the 10th inning – as the Illinois State baseball team scored an 8-6 Missouri Valley Conference win over host Evansville Sunday at Charles H. Braun Stadium.… MORE
UPDATE: Coprich signs with Giants
Former Illinois State runningback Marshaun Coprich will continue his football career in Minnesota.… MORE
Pair of Redbirds land undrafted NFL chances
No Illinois State football players had their names called during the NFL Draft, but a few have been given a chance as undrafted free agents.… MORE
Dollar leaves ISU for Auburn
By Austin Duncan NORMAL- Newly appointed assistant coach for the Illinois State men’s basketball program, Chad Dollar is headed to the same position at Auburn. According to Auburn University athletics, Dollar has agreed to join head coach Bruce Pearl’s Staff. “There are only a few schools in the country where I always dreamed of coaching,…… MORE
ISU baseball splits doubleheader at Evansville
The Illinois State baseball team earned a shutout win in the opener before Evansville rallied back for an extra-inning walk-off win in the nightcap as the two teams split a doubleheader Friday at Charles H. Braun Stadium.… MORE
Redbird softball splits doubleheader with Drake
Regan Romshek earned a four-hit shutout victory in game one, but the Illinois State softball team fell in the nightcap Friday night against Drake at Marian Kneer Stadium. The Redbirds won game one, 1-0, but lost game two, 7-4. Illinois State (17-30, 9-12 MVC) and Drake will finish the series Saturday at noon.… MORE
Coprich hopes to hear name called in NFL Draft
It doesn’t matter to Illinois State running back Marshaun Coprich when his name is called and who calls it, just as long as it’s called during the NFL’s draft that gets underway Thursday in Chicago.… MORE
Redbird baseball routs Purdue
The Illinois State baseball team earned a 10-2 win over visiting Purdue in front of a season-high crowd of 1,351 fans Tuesday night in Illinois State’s annual “Stuff the Duff” game at Duffy Bass Field.… MORE
Redbird softball splits doubleheader with Bradley
The Illinois State softball team split a doubleheader against Bradley Tuesday at Marian Kneer Stadium in front of a record crowd of 1,050 people.… 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…