Dallas Baptist starting pitcher Darick Hall provided all the support he needed by himself in the top of the first inning Saturday, as the Patriot starter launched a three-run home run to stake the visitors to an early lead they did not relent, en route to a 7-1 win over the Illinois State baseball team at Duffy Bass Field.… MORE
By Zach Wadley/Illinois State University Athletics Media Relations NORMAL, Ill. – After scoring one run on four hits Tuesday night, the Illinois State softball team bounced back Saturday, scoring 16 runs across two wins against Indiana State. The Redbirds won game one, 8-0, in five innings and game two, 8-5. The wins secure the first…… MORE
Dallas Baptist capitalized on two errors and two wild pitches to score five unearned runs in the ninth inning, breaking a 2-2 tie and securing a Missouri Valley Conference win over Illinois State’s baseball team Friday at Duffy Bass Field. Dallas Baptist won by a 7-2 score.… MORE
Illinois State rising junior Jaelyn Keene has been selected to train and compete as part of the U.S. Collegiate National Team-Indianapolis, USA Volleyball announced Friday.… MORE
Despite winning the doubles point, the Illinois State women’s tennis team (10-8) fell to Southern Illinois (10-9), 4-3 in a tight match Friday evening at the Evergreen Racquet Club.… MORE
Former Illinois State and new Pittsburgh men’s basketball coach Kevin Stallings has reportedly added another Redbird to his staff.… MORE
The Illinois State baseball team held an early lead but couldn’t hold it as it dropped a midweek matchup to Valparaiso, 8-6, Tuesday at Emory G. Bauer Field.… MORE
The Illinois State softball team was no-hit through the first four innings Tuesday night against Illinois, falling 7-1 at Marian Kneer Stadium.… MORE
Illinois State head men’s basketball coach Dan Muller announced Tuesday the addition of Isaac Gassman, a 6-foot-5, 180-pound incoming freshman guard from Ottawa (Illinois) Township High School, to the 2016-17 Redbird basketball roster as a preferred walk-on.… MORE
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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…