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 they officially open the 11-game season that begins on Sept. 3 and features six home contests.… MORE
The Illinois State Redbirds had career-highs in points from two of its players but that was not enough, dropping its second straight Missouri Valley Conference game 81-71 at Southern Illinois.… MORE
By ISU Sports Information NORMAL – Illinois State senior running back Marshaun Coprich was honored Tuesday with the Adrian “AP” Peterson FCS Offensive Player of the Year Award by College Sporting News, capping off a flurry of offseason honors for the Redbird All-American. Coprich was among 50 student-athletes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship…… MORE
After seeing its season-best four-game winning streak snapped at Indiana State Saturday, the Illinois State men’s basketball team aims to bounce back when the Redbirds (9-8, 3-1 MVC) face Southern Illinois (14-3, 3-1 MVC) tonight at SIU Arena.… MORE
The Illinois State football team added another potential option to its passing attack on offense Monday, when head coach Brock Spack announced the addition of Boston College wide receiver Chase Pankey to the roster.… MORE
Coming off its third appearance in the FCS playoff quarterfinals in the past four seasons, the Illinois State football team was ranked No. 5 in the final 2015 STATS FCS Top 25 poll on Monday.… MORE
A career-high 17-points from Colleene Smith kept Illinois State close to Indiana State on the road for the majority of the second half of play, but the Sycamores held on down the stretch for a 63-56 win over the Redbirds on Sunday.… MORE
In a role reversal from the last two Illinois State men’s basketball games, the Redbirds led by 13 in the first half, yet fell to Indiana State 75-65 at the Hulman Center in Terre Haute.… MORE
By ISU Sports Information FRISCO, Texas – A trip to Frisco, Texas, for the second-straight year for Illinois State senior running back Marshaun Coprich resulted in a third-place finish for the STATS FCS Offensive Player of the Year Award, which was presented at the national awards banquet Friday evening. Eastern Washington wide receiver Cooper Kupp…… MORE
The Illinois State Redbirds trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half for the third straight game but rallied to take down Loyola 54-52 at Redbird Arena.… MORE
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…