University of Illinois head football coach Tim Beckman has been fired. … MORE
Category Archives: WJBC Top Sports
WJBC kicks off football coverage
WJBC 1230 AM kicks off another football season tonight when the High School Extravaganza hits the airwaves at 6 o’clock.… MORE
FCS Championship Game tickets go on sale Saturday
Illinois State football fans who encountered challenges securing tickets for the FCS Championship Game in Frisco, Texas, this January can get a heard start on 2016 in anticipation of another long post-season run. … MORE
ISU great Boswell joins Redbird coaching staff
Redbird legend Cathy Boswell has joined the Illinois State women’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, as announced by head coach Barb Smith Wednesday.… MORE
Countdown to Kickoff: Bloomington
After missing the state playoffs last year for the first time in 27 straight seasons, the goal is simple for Bloomington High School’s football team.… MORE
Countdown to Kickoff: Central Catholic
Making the playoffs is the goal of every high school football team at the beginning of the season.… MORE
Countdown to Kickoff: A look at U High
Winning has become the rule rather than the exception around the University High School football team over the last four years.… MORE
Illinois State soccer drops home opener to Illini
The Illinois State soccer team dropped an intense 1-0 match to in-state rival, Illinois, Sunday night at Adelaide Street Field. … MORE
Knight signs pro contract with team in Lithuania
Former Illinois State guard Daishon Knight has signed a contract to play professionally in Lithuania for BC Šiauliai, a team that competes in the FIBA Europe Cup league.… MORE
Illinois State volleyball rebuilds after perfect MVC season
Melissa Myers has become used to exceeding expectations.… 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…