The Illinois State football team is once again ranked nationally heading into a new season, as the Redbirds were ranked No. 10 Monday in the STATS FCS Preseason Top 25.… MORE
Category Archives: Illinois State Redbirds
ISU gridders ready to start practice
With back-to-back Missouri Valley Conference championships and two straight trips to the FCS playoffs in its rear view mirror, Illinois State’s football team begins its journey for a third title and another to trip to the FCS national championship game when the Redbirds begin fall training camp Sunday at Hancock Stadium.… MORE
Illinois State men’s basketball announces non-conference schedule
The Illinois State men’s basketball team will play games against at least five 2016 Division I postseason qualifiers, including three NCAA Tournament teams, and five opponents who won 20 or more games last season as part of the Redbirds’ 2016-17 non-conference schedule.… MORE
Illinois State picked fourth in preseason MVFC poll
Coming off a second-straight share of the Missouri Valley Football Conference title and an appearance in the FCS playoffs for the third time in the past four years, the Illinois State football team was picked to finish fourth in the 2016 Missouri Valley Football Conference preseason poll, announced Tuesday by the league office.… MORE
Illinois State women announce non-conference schedule
The Illinois State women’s basketball team is slated to play an 11-game nonconference schedule, it was announced Monday by head coach Barb Smith. … MORE
Three Redbirds selected to FCS Preseason All-America Team
Coming off back-to-back shares of the Missouri Valley Football Conference title and playoff appearances, a trio of three Illinois State football standouts have earned a spot on the 2016 STATS FCS Preseason All-America Team announced Monday. … MORE
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
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
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
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…