By Zach Wadley/Illinois State University Athletics Media Relations CARBONDALE, Ill. – The Illinois State softball team scored two runs in two games and dropped a doubleheader to Southern Illinois Friday in Carbondale, Illinois. ISU lost the first game, 1-0, and game two, 4-1. The Redbirds and Salukis will close the series Saturday afternoon. First pitch is…… MORE
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Akoon-Purcell, McIntosh Earn NABC Honors
Illinois State senior guard DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell and sophomore forward MiKyle McIntosh are both National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I District 16 Second-Team selections, the NABC announced Friday.… MORE
ISU gridders go through Pro Day
All in all, things went well Wednesday for Illinois State linebacker David Perkins at a NFL Pro Day at Illinois State’s Hancock Stadium.… MORE
Redbird miscues prove costly in loss to Illinois
Joe Kelch drove in two of Illinois State’s three runs to help build an early lead, but ISU proceeded to commit a season-high five errors as Illinois scored eight unanswered runs to beat the Redbirds, 8-3, in front of 778 fans Tuesday evening at Duffy Bass Field.… MORE
ISU legend Collins to be inducted into National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
Illinois State men’s basketball great Doug Collins will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, the National Association of Basketball Coaches announced Tuesday.… MORE
Redbird baseball to host Illinois
The Illinois State baseball team hosts in-state foe Illinois Tuesday at Duffy Bass Field in the first game of a home-and-away series with the Illini this season.… MORE
Redbird football announces 2016 game times
Coming off its second-straight Missouri Valley Football Conference championship, the 2016 Illinois State football team, led by head coach Brock Spack, will look to put together another title run, when it officially opens the 11-game season that begins on Sept. 3 and features six home contests.… MORE
Redbird baseball falls to Milwaukee in record 18-inning game
The Illinois State and Milwaukee baseball teams played the longest known game in the history of both programs, as the visiting Panthers outlasted the Redbirds in a game that was scoreless for the first 16 innings Sunday at Duffy Bass Field. Milwaukee won, 4-1, in 18 innings.… MORE
Milwaukee comes from behind to beat Redbird baseball
Milwaukee scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning to turn a two-run deficit into a one-run lead, and won its second game in as many days over the Illinois State baseball team at Duffy Bass Field. Milwaukee won Saturday’s contest, 4-3.… MORE
Redbird softball splits doubleheader at Missouri State
The Illinois State softball team split a doubleheader to open up Missouri Valley Conference play, defeating Missouri State, 8-0, in game one before falling, 3-2, in game two.… 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…