Riley Strandgard recorded two hits, but the Illinois State softball team was shutout for the second time this weekend, losing 5-0 to Southern Illinois Saturday afternoon in Carbondale, Illinois. SIU outscored the Redbirds 10-1 over the course of three games. … MORE
The Illinois State baseball team was shut out, 13-0, by Tulane behind seven strong innings from the Green Wave’s Ross Massey Friday evening at Turchin Stadium.… MORE
By Zach Wadley/Illinois State University Athletics Media Relations CARBONDALE, Ill. – The Illinois State softball team scored two runs in two games and dropped a doubleheader to Southern Illinois Friday in Carbondale, Illinois. ISU lost the first game, 1-0, and game two, 4-1. The Redbirds and Salukis will close the series Saturday afternoon. First pitch is…… MORE
Illinois State senior guard DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell and sophomore forward MiKyle McIntosh are both National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I District 16 Second-Team selections, the NABC announced Friday.… MORE
All in all, things went well Wednesday for Illinois State linebacker David Perkins at a NFL Pro Day at Illinois State’s Hancock Stadium.… MORE
Joe Kelch drove in two of Illinois State’s three runs to help build an early lead, but ISU proceeded to commit a season-high five errors as Illinois scored eight unanswered runs to beat the Redbirds, 8-3, in front of 778 fans Tuesday evening at Duffy Bass Field.… MORE
Illinois State men’s basketball great Doug Collins will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, the National Association of Basketball Coaches announced Tuesday.… MORE
The Illinois State baseball team hosts in-state foe Illinois Tuesday at Duffy Bass Field in the first game of a home-and-away series with the Illini this season.… MORE
Coming off its second-straight Missouri Valley Football Conference championship, the 2016 Illinois State football team, led by head coach Brock Spack, will look to put together another title run, when it officially opens the 11-game season that begins on Sept. 3 and features six home contests.… MORE
The Illinois State and Milwaukee baseball teams played the longest known game in the history of both programs, as the visiting Panthers outlasted the Redbirds in a game that was scoreless for the first 16 innings Sunday at Duffy Bass Field. Milwaukee won, 4-1, in 18 innings.… MORE
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.” …
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…
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…
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…