Category Archives: Local Sports

Sports On Air

Sports On Air

WJBC 1230 AM 12:45 p.m. – Basketball – Illinois State women at Indiana State. Listen live here 3 p.m. – Football – New York Giants at Green Bay Listen live hereMORE

Rose gets 200th win as Titans defeat Wheaton

Rose gets 200th win as Titans defeat Wheaton

Illinois Wesleyan basketball players serenaded head coach Ron Rose with applause to create the perfect diversion for senior Alec Bausch to assault his coach with a cream pie to the face to after Rose earned his 200th career win at IWU.MORE

Redbirds move to 4-0 in MVC play

Redbirds move to 4-0 in MVC play

MiKyle McIntosh scored a career-high 31 points, and Illinois State never trailed in a 77-58 Missouri Valley Conference victory over Indiana State Saturday afternoon at the Hulman Center.MORE

Sports On Air

Sports On Air

WJBC 1230 AM Noon – Basketball – Illinois State at Indiana State. Listen live here 4 p.m. – Football – Oakland at Houston Listen live here 7 p.m. – Basketball – Wheaton at Illinois Wesleyan Listen live here 9 p.m. – Football – Detroit at Seattle Listen live here WJBC.com:  7:00 p.m. – Hockey –…MORE

Thunder comeback falls short

Thunder comeback falls short

The Bloomington Thunder’s third-period comeback fell short in 3-2 loss to the Dubuque Fighting Saints on Friday night at U.S. Cellular Coliseum.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…