Illinois State baseball closes out its 16-game season-opening road trip with a Wednesday matinee at St. Louis.… MORE
Category Archives: Sportstalk
ISU women in MVC tournament, Redbird softball, Thunder on WJBC
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
ISU women’s hoops; softball vs. No. 1 on WJBC
Fresh off a senior day victory over Evansville, the Illinois State women’s basketball team will look to hold onto the No. 7 spot in the Missouri Valley Conference standing with a strong finish in its final two games of the regular season at Wichita State and Missouri State this weekend.… MORE
Sportstalk, ISU women’s hoops tonight on WJBC
The Illinois State women’s basketball team will play their final two home games of the season on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena this week, beginning with a 7:30 p.m. game against Southern Illinois.… MORE
Sports Scoreboard
This is your destination for real-time high school, college and professional sports scores in the Bloomington, IL area. Click on any game to see box scores when available. High School Scores NCAA Scores Pro Scores Photos… MORE
Ironmen hoops, Sportstalk on WJBC tonight
Normal Community’s Ironmen will step out of Big 12 play in boys basketball with a non-conference battle at Mahomet-Seymour tonight.… MORE
Redbird women’s hoops, softball opener on WJBC
The Illinois State women’s basketball team looks to continue its ascent of the Missouri Valley Conference standings with games against the MVC’s first- and second-place teams this weekend on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena.… MORE
Central Catholic, Olympia hoops on WJBC tonight
WJBC features a Corn Belt Conference battle in high school basketball tonight.… MORE
CCHS basketball, Intercity honors on WJBC tonight
Central Catholic’s boys basketball team plays host the Illinois Valley Central Grey Ghosts of Chillicothe in a Corn Belt Conference battle at Cvengros Gymnasium tonight.… MORE
ISU women set to host SIUE tonight
The Illinois State women’s basketball team returns to Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena tonight as it hosts in-state foe Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.… 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…