A slow start for Illinois State from the field against Loyola Friday night proved to be the difference in the game, as the Ramblers (13-12, 9-5 MVC) took 19-5 lead after the first quarter and never looked back in a 73-61 win over the Redbirds (6-18, 4-9 MVC) at Gentile Arena.… MORE
The Illinois State baseball team came up two runs short in its season opener against Belmont Friday at E.S. Rose Park., as the Bruins scored a 7-5 win in the first game of a three-game series.… MORE
Offense was plentiful at the opening day of the Littlewood Classic as the Illinois State softball team defeated Memphis 12-3, and fell to Montana, 17-6, Friday at Arizona State in Tempe, Arizona. ISU’s record now sits at 2-5 overall.… MORE
Illinois State head volleyball coach Melissa Myers has named Peter Netisingha an assistant volleyball coach, Myers announced Friday.… MORE
The Illinois State women’s basketball team looks to rebound, after suffering losses to the MVC’s first- and second-place teams on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena last weekend, when it hits the road to face a couple of in-state foes in Loyola tonight.… MORE
Illinois State sophomore Jaelyn Keene will compete at the USA Volleyball Women’s National Team Tryouts, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, beginning Friday.… MORE
The Illinois State Redbirds men’s basketball team never trailed en route to a 78-50 victory over Missouri Valley Conference rival Indiana State in front of 4,456 at Redbird Arena.… MORE
Winners of four-straight games and a league-best seven of their last eight, the Redbirds will try to extend their winning streak while attempting to split the season series with Indiana State when the Illinois State men’s basketball team hosts the Sycamores at 7 p.m. on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena.… MORE
By leading Illinois State in victories over Evansville and Bradley, junior forward Nick Banyard is the Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week, the league office announced Monday.… MORE
The Illinois State men’s basketball team led wire-to-wire in its 75-60 victory over Bradley Sunday afternoon on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena. … 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…