The Illinois State volleyball team upped its winning streak to eight with a 3-1 win over Illinois-Chicago Tuesday night at Flames Athletic Center.… MORE
Category Archives: WJBC Top Sports
Illinois State unveils Redbird Remembrance
The Illinois State Athletics Department revealed Redbird Remembrance in a private ceremony over the weekend to honor the seven men who were killed in plane near Bloomington in April.… MORE
ISU football routs Morgan State in home opener, 67-14
The Illinois State Redbirds delighted an over capacity crowd of 13,391 to a 67-14 victory over Morgan State in their home opener at Hancock Stadium Saturday night.… MORE
IWU runs over Alma
By Adam Studzinski BLOOMINGTON – The Illinois Wesleyan Titans opened their home season with a 49-14 win over the Alma Scots at Tucci Stadium on Saturday, rushing for 346 yards and gaining 583 yards of total offense. Freshman Matese Scott ran for a 90-yard touchdown with 4:02 to play and the run is the third…… MORE
ISU volleyball wins tourney
By ISU Sports Information NORMAL – The Illinois State volleyball team won its third match in two days to complete a perfect weekend at the Country Financial Redbird Classic Saturday with a 3-1 win over Toledo in the final match of the tournament. The Redbirds won the match by scores of 25-13, 25-19, 18-25, 25-15.…… MORE
ISU, IWU football home openers are on WJBC Saturday
College football dominates the airwaves today on WJBC 1230 AM and wjbc.com.… MORE
Ironmen win Third straight Chili Bowl; UHigh and CCHS win as BHS falls
The annual Chili Bowl was a lot closer than the score showed, as the NCHS Ironmen defeated the Normal West Wildcats 35-14 at NCWHS Friday night.… MORE
Chili Bowl time in Normal
By Bryan Bloodworth BLOOMINGTON – It’s Chili Bowl time in the third week of the High School Football Extravaganza tonight. Normal Community travels to cross-town rival and Big 12 Conference foe Normal West in a battle of Unit 5 schools in the featured game on WJBC 1230 AM beginning at 6 p.m. In other games…… MORE
Brock Spack Show, CornBelters playoff baseball on WJBC
The Illinois State football hosts its 2015 home opener on Saturday, and ISU head coach Brock Spack will talk about his team’s game against 2014 MEAC champion Morgan State on The Brock Spack Show tonight at 6 p.m. at Schooners in Bloomington.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan brings ‘unstoppable’ offense into home opener
Illinois Wesleyan football coach Norm Eash said he wasn’t fishing for complements after the Titans’ season-opening 34-24 win at Franklin last week, but he found one from the Grizzlies’ defensive coordinator.… 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…