Illinois State soccer’s Ali Farkos has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the final week of the regular season.… MORE
Category Archives: Illinois State Redbirds
Illinois State baseball 2016 schedule released
Illinois State head baseball coach Bo Durkac unveiled his team’s 2016 schedule Tuesday, as the Redbirds prepare for their first game of the season less than four months away.… MORE
Tejada, Roberson named top ISU athletes at ‘Reggies’
Rachel Tejada and Tre Roberson won two of the seven awards conferred at The Reggies Sunday night, as Illinois State celebrated the success of its student-athletes during the 2014-15 academic year at the annual excellence awards ceremony.… MORE
Illinois State soccer season ends with loss to Loyola in MVC Tournament
Loyola scored two goals in the first 15 minutes and Illinois State soccer’s late rally was not enough as the Redbirds fell, 2-1, to the Ramblers in the opening round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. The loss brings the Redbirds’ season to a close.… MORE
Redbirds take down Drake 3-1
Ashley Rosch led a trio of Redbirds with 15 or more kills as Illinois State scored a 3-1 win over host Drake Saturday night at the Knapp Center. Illinois State won by scores of 25-15, 25-9, 20-25, 25-18.… MORE
Redbirds sneak past Sycamores, remain unbeaten in MVFC play
The Illinois State Redbirds football team needed 18 second half points to secure a 27-24 comeback victory over Indiana State in a Missouri Valley Football Conference contest at Hancock Stadium.… MORE
ISU, IWU football face ranked opponents Saturday on WJBC and WJBC.com
Game Day with Adam Studzinski kicks off sports coverage Saturday at 10 a.m. on WJBC 1230 AM.… MORE
Redbird volleyball topped by Northern Iowa
The Illinois State volleyball team won the first set but Northern Iowa took the next three as the host Panthers earned a 3-1 win in Missouri Valley Conference play Friday night at the McLeod Center. Northern Iowa won by scores of 22-25, 25-22, 25-21, 25-23.… MORE
Illinois State soccer downs Indiana State in regular season finale
Ali Farkos netted the game-winning goal with 1:30 remaining and the Illinois State soccer team defeated Indiana State, 4-3, in a wild match to conclude the regular season Thursday night in Terre Haute, Indiana.… MORE
Brock Spack Show; Patriots vs Dolphins on WJBC
Illinois State football coach Brock Spack joins WJBC’s Dick Luedke and Ted Schmitz at Schooners in Bloomington for the Brock Spack Show tonight.… 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…