A six-win improvement from the 2014-15 season has resulted in Illinois State earning the No. 7 seed in the 2016 Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Basketball Championship, held at the iWireless Center in Moline.… MORE
Category Archives: Illinois State Redbirds
8-run 5th inning sinks Redbirds in loss to FIU
Florida International scored eight runs in the fifth inning thanks to nine-straight hits – all with two outs – as the host Panthers earned an 11-6 win over the visiting Illinois State baseball team Wednesday at FIU Baseball Stadium.… MORE
Fowler named to MVC All-Freshmen Team
Illinois State freshman point guard Shakeela Fowler was one of five selections to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman Team, announced Wednesday by the conference office.… MORE
ISU’s Fowler earns all-league honors
Shakeela Fowler was the lone Illinois State women’s basketball player to earn Missouri Valley Conference postseason honors when she was named to the all-freshman team Wednesday.… MORE
ISU softball defeats Ball State, falls to UCF in thriller
By ISU Sports Information ORLANDO, Fla. – The Illinois State softball team concluded the Florida portion of its spring break trip Tuesday with a 7-3 win over Ball State and a 1-0 loss to No. 25 UCF at Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. The split give ISU a 7-15 overall record. The Redbirds will now…… MORE
Michigan State baseball slams Redbirds
The Illinois State baseball team surrendered a season-high 15 runs in a shutout loss to Michigan State Tuesday at the Snowbird Classic, as the Spartans earned a 15-0 win over the Redbirds.… MORE
BHS hoops in Sectional, LeRoy in Super-Sectional on WJBC
The Bloomington Purple Raiders are in the sectionals for the first time since 2007.… MORE
Ex-Redbird Underwood combats cystic fibrosis through dinner, camp
Former Redbird football All-American Colton Underwood is already with his third NFL team as he begins in third season in the league.… MORE
Barb Smith Show at Pub II tonight
Illinois State women’s basketball coach Barb Smith will preview the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament when she joins WJBC’s Zach Dietmeier in the final Barb Smith Show of the 2015-16 season at Pub II in Normal.… MORE
Muller: ISU will consider ‘some’ postseason tournaments
Illinois State men’s basketball coach Dan Muller said it’s wait-and-see until next week when the Redbirds find out if they have been invited to a postseason basketball tournament.… 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…