For the third time this season, senior guard Paris Lee is the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday. Lee led Illinois State offensively last week in wins over Drake (Feb. 7) and Bradley (Feb. 11).… MORE
Category Archives: Illinois State Redbirds
ISU women’s hoops fall short in Northern Iowa
Sophomore Viria Livingston collected her second career double-double (first this season) with a season-high 12 points and a team-best 10 rebounds to go along with team highs of three assists and two steals, but the Illinois State women’s basketball team was defeated by second-place Northern Iowa, 82-51. … MORE
Redbirds steal win in USF Wilson DeMarini Tournament
Coming down to the eighth inning, the Illinois State softball team topped St. John’s, 2-1 on a walk-off single on Sunday afternoon to wrap up the USF Wilson DeMarini Tournament. The Redbirds return home with a 2-3 record while the Red Storm falls to 1-3.… MORE
Birds battle in late night game
After nearly a two-hour delay, the Illinois State softball team earned its first win of the season by defeating Delaware, 19-13 at the USF Softball Stadium Saturday night into early Sunday morning. The two teams logged 31 hits in the nearly three-hour battle.… MORE
Birds blow away Braves in I-74 battle
Illinois State never trailed in a 64-50 Missouri Valley Conference victory over Bradley in front of 9,380 fans Saturday night on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena. With the win, ISU swept the I-74 Rivalry series for the third-straight season.… MORE
Illinois State softball drops season opener to No. 25 USF in walk-off
The Illinois State softball team led No. 25 South Florida, up until the final pitch of the game when the Bulls’ Bethany Keen sent a two-run homer to left, finalizing the score at 5-4.… MORE
Redbirds bounce back by routing Drake
An 18-5 second-half run helped push the Illinois State men’s basketball team to an 82-53 Missouri Valley Conference win over Drake Tuesday night at the Knapp Center.… MORE
Spack works to release Redbird football signee from NLI
Illinois State football head coach Brock Spack has initiated the process to release recent signee Rashaun Woods from his National Letter of Intent signed last Wednesday.… MORE
Redbirds handle Ramblers in MVC match up
Senior Brechelle Beachum scored 20 of her game-high 23 points in the second half, and sophomore Katrina Beck added a career-high 19 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter, to lead the Illinois State women’s basketball team to a come-from-behind 63-51 victory over Loyola Chicago in Missouri Valley Conference action Sunday on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena.… MORE
Shockers hand Redbirds 1st MVC loss
Wichita State men’s basketball outscored Illinois State 22-2 to start the second half and put the game out of reach as the Shockers beat the Redbirds, 86-45.… 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…