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By ISU Sports Information NORMAL – The Illinois State softball team split a doubleheader against Bradley Tuesday at Marian Kneer Stadium in front of a record crowd of 1,050 people. The Redbirds ...

By FarmWeekNow/WFMB CHAMPAIGN – Apparently it's not cheap to hire an athletic director at the University of Illinois. The U of I is expecting to pay close to $200,000 for the search that conclud...

The Bloomington Thunder play at Cedar Rapids tonight in a winner-take-all Game 5. (Photo courtesy Bloomington Thunder) WJBC 1230 AM: 6:00 p.m. – Sportstalk 7:45 p.m. – Baseball – St....

The St. Louis Cardinals play the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix tonight. (Photo by Clintus/flickr) WJBC 1230 AM: Sportstalk – 6 p.m. Baseball – 7:45 p.m. St. Louis at Arizo...

By Eric Stock LeROY – LeRoy All-State basketball standout Matt Chastain has announced he will attend Loyola. Chastain posted a note on Twitter on Saturday: “Very excited to say that I will...

The Bloomington Thunder’s overtime win on Sunday sends their playoff series with Cedar Rapids to Game 5 on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy Bloomington Thunder) By WJBC Staff BLOOMINGTON – After a...

Illinois State softball lost to Loyola, 5-4, on Sunday. (Photo courtesy GoRedbirds.com) By ISU Sports Information CHICAGO – The Illinois State softball team's seventh inning rally came up just s...

By ISU Sports Information NORMAL – Jacob Hendren and a pair of Illinois State relievers combined on a three-hit shutout of Southern Illinois Sunday to help the Redbirds avoid a series sweep at t...

(WJBC file photo) By WJBC Staff PEORIA – The Peoria Chiefs lost to the Wisconsin TimberRattlers 5-1 in 11 innings on Sunday. With the loss the Chiefs fall to 8-9 on the season heading into the f...

By Illinois State AthleticsCHICAGO - The Illinois State Redbirds racked up 12 runs across two games as they swept a doubleheader at Loyola Saturday in Chicago. ISU won game one, 6-2, and game two, 6-0...