The Illinois State women’s basketball team made a fourth-quarter comeback and defeated Bradley, 54-49, Friday night on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena.… MORE
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Redbird women, Thunder hockey on WJBC tonight
The Illinois State women’s basketball team returns home from a three-game road trip for a pair of Missouri Valley Conference contests this weekend on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena.… MORE
Lefty’s Corner: ISU women back home
Illinois State’s women’s basketball team hopes the home court will be kind this weekend when it takes on Bradley and Loyola in Missouri Valley Conference action.… MORE
Redbirds hold off late Bradley rally, snap MVC skid
The Illinois State men’s basketball team led for all but three minutes Wednesday night at Bradley and survived a late Braves rally to snap a three-game Missouri Valley Conference losing streak, winning 55-52.… MORE
Lefty’s Corner: Time for ISU to get back on track
It’s time to get back on the winning track for Illinois State’s basketball team and what better game to do that in than the I-74 rivalry game with Bradley.… MORE
ISU vs. Bradley, IWU vs. Augie on WJBC tonight
Illinois State and Bradley hold their first meeting of the 2015-16 season in the I-74 rivalry series tonight at 7 p.m. in Carver Arena.… MORE
Redbird women stumble at Drake
Senior Colleene Smith scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds for Illinois State in a tough road contest at Drake, but a 58 percent shooting effort by the Bulldogs proved too much for the Redbirds in a 76-41 loss at the Knapp Center Sunday evening.… MORE
Shooting woes hurt Illinois State, ‘Birds fall to Evansville
The Illinois State Redbirds shot just 31-percent from the field, falling to Evansville 66-55 in Missouri Valley Conference play at Redbird Arena.… MORE
Three-Point shooting the difference in loss at UNI
Illinois State senior Octavia Crump scored a game-high 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds, but eight three-pointers from Northern Iowa propelled the Panthers (9-7, 4-1 MVC) to a 65-51 win over the Redbirds (3-12, 1-3 MVC) Friday night at the McLeod Center.… MORE
Redbird men, women, Thunder in action tonight
After winning six of its last seven home games, the Illinois State men’s basketball team will try to win five-straight on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena and remain undefeated in Missouri Valley Conference home games when the Redbirds host Evansville tonight.… 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…