The Illinois State baseball team earned a 10-2 win over visiting Purdue in front of a season-high crowd of 1,351 fans Tuesday night in Illinois State’s annual “Stuff the Duff” game at Duffy Bass Field.… MORE
Category Archives: Illinois State Redbirds
Redbird softball splits doubleheader with Bradley
The Illinois State softball team split a doubleheader against Bradley Tuesday at Marian Kneer Stadium in front of a record crowd of 1,050 people.… MORE
Shakeela Fowler transferring from ISU women’s basketball program
Illinois State women’s basketball player Shakeela Fowler is transferring from the program, it was announced Monday by head coach Barb Smith.… MORE
Illinois State softball comes up short vs Loyola
The Illinois State softball team’s seventh inning rally came up just short Sunday as the Redbirds lost to Loyola, 5-4, in the series finale in Chicago.… MORE
ISU takes down Salukis to avoid sweep
Jacob Hendren and a pair of Illinois State relievers combined on a three-hit shutout of Southern Illinois Sunday to help the Redbirds avoid a series sweep at the hands of the Salukis. Illinois State won Sunday’s pitchers’ duel by a 1-0 score.… MORE
Redbirds shine in Spring Showcase
The annual Spring Showcase for Illinois State, which took place Saturday at Hancock Stadium, saw a 14-10 victory for the Red Team in front of a crowd of 1,071.… MORE
Southern Illinois top Redbirds in series opener
Southern Illinois scored all the runs it needed in the top of the second inning as the Illinois State baseball team dropped the first game of a Missouri Valley Conference series Friday at Duffy Bass Field. Southern Illinois won, 7-3.… MORE
Lefty’s Corner: Effort not a problem for ISU football
Unlike early in his football career at Illinois State, Brock Spack no longer has to put an emphasis on coaching effort.… MORE
Illinois State adds Dollar as assistant coach
Chad Dollar, a 19-year Division I men’s basketball coaching veteran who most recently spent five seasons on the staff at Georgia Tech, has been hired as an assistant coach at Illinois State, head coach Dan Muller announced Thursday.… MORE
Bradley’s big hits down Redbirds
Bradley used two extra base hits to drive in five runs and defeated the Illinois State softball team, 5-3, Thursday at Laura Bradley Park in Peoria. … 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…