The Illinois State Redbirds men’s basketball team’s defense proved tough again, holding Southern Illinois to just 31 percent from the field en route to a 73-50 victory over the Saluki’s at Redbird Arena in front of a crowd of 6,052.… MORE
Category Archives: Illinois State Redbirds
MVC seeding at stake in Redbirds’ senior night game
Illinois State’s three seniors – DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell, Quintin Brewer and Justin McCloud – will play their final regular-season game on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena when ISU hosts Southern Illinois at 6 p.m.… MORE
Lefty’s Corner: Lot at stake on Senior Night
Illinois State’s basketball team pretty much controls its own destiny regarding the upcoming Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.… MORE
Freshman Griffin leaves Illinois State men’s basketball program
Freshman forward Roland Griffin has left the Illinois State men’s basketball program due to medical reasons, effective immediately, as announced by ISU men’s basketball head coach Dan Muller.… MORE
Tough shooting day downs the Redbirds in defeat at Bradley
Baskets were hard to come by Sunday afternoon between Illinois State and Bradley, with the two teams combining for just 25 made field goals. The Braves (8-18, 4-11 MVC) controlled the game after the first quarter and never looked back, holding the Redbirds (6-19, 4-10 MVC) to just eight baskets in a 52-38 loss at the Renaissance Cente… MORE
Late Michigan State rally downs Redbirds
The Illinois State softball team led 4-1 after four and a half innings, but a late Michigan State rally handed ISU its second-straight loss of the season as ISU fell, 7-4, Sunday morning at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.… MORE
Redbird offense erupts in win at Belmont
The Illinois State baseball team scored more runs in a game than it had in nearly four years, while collecting more hits in a game than it had over the past 18 years, as the Redbird bats produced 23 runs on 25 hits in Saturday’s 23-5 win over Belmont at E.S. Rose Park.… MORE
Cats catch ‘Birds, Illinois State’s win streak snapped
The Illinois State Redbirds’ season long five game winning streak came to an end at the hand of Northern Iowa’s Panthers 75-66 at the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa.… MORE
ISU avenges loss to Montana
One day after losing 17-6, the Illinois State softball team avenged its loss by beating Montana, 5-4, Saturday morning at Arizona State in Tempe, Arizona. The win pushes ISU’s record to 3-5 and is its second win of the weekend.… MORE
Redbirds play UNI, IWU celebrates Senior Night on WJBC Saturday
Illinois State and Illinois Wesleyan men’s basketball games dominate the WJBC 1230 AM airwaves today.… 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…