As school is about to start, kids in the local area are getting a head start on the fundamentals of basketball.… MORE
Category Archives: WJBC Top Sports
Rosch named NCAA Woman of the Year nominee
Illinois State senior Ashley Rosch has been named the Missouri Valley Conference’s nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award, the NCAA announced Wednesday.… MORE
Thunder releases 2016-17 schedule
The Bloomington Thunder has bookend home games against the Muskegon Lumberjacks and two mid-Janurary games against USHL champion Tri-City during the 2016-17 season.… MORE
Illinois State’s McCloud named to NABC Honors Court
Former Illinois State men’s basketball player Justin McCloud has been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court for the second straight year, the NABC announced Tuesday.… MORE
Lefty’s Corner: Elgin weighs in on NCAA work
Doug Elgin, the long-time commissioner of the Missouri Valley Conference, recently served on an ad hoc committee to provide perspective to the NCAA men’s basketball committee from coaches and administrators of all levels of Division I.… MORE
Olympian Shannon Miller visits Corn Crib
Last night the Normal CornBelters took on the Schaumburg Boomers but that wasn’t the only reason to head out to the Corn Crib… MORE
McCreery steps down as Illinois Wesleyan softball coach
Kat McCreery, who led the Illinois Wesleyan softball team to a seventh-place finish in the NCAA Division III national finals this spring and three straight NCAA tournament appearances and, has announced she will leave IWU after three highly successful seasons as the Titans’ head coach.… MORE
Yaklich promoted to ISU men’s basketball associate head coach
Luke Yaklich, entering his fourth season on the Illinois State men’s basketball staff, has been promoted to associate head coach, it was announced by head coach Dan Muller Tuesday.… MORE
Ankiel reflects on ‘ups and downs’ during Bloomington-Normal visit
The Corn Crib wasn’t hosting Frontier League baseball this past weekend as it so often does throughout the summer, but it was still playing host to something special.… MORE
3 Thunder players named to Team USA roster
By WJBC Staff BLOOMINGTON – For the third straight season, the Bloomington Thunder will see their prospects compete on the international stage with Team USA. The Thunder have the most prospects of any USHL team to be competing with Team USA in the tournament. Calen Kiefiuk, Brady Smith and Jeremy Davidson were each chosen for…… 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…