By ISU Sports Information FRISCO, Texas – A trip to Frisco, Texas, for the second-straight year for Illinois State senior running back Marshaun Coprich resulted in a third-place finish for the STATS FCS Offensive Player of the Year Award, which was presented at the national awards banquet Friday evening. Eastern Washington wide receiver Cooper Kupp…… MORE
The Illinois State Redbirds trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half for the third straight game but rallied to take down Loyola 54-52 at Redbird Arena.… MORE
Junior guard Tony Wills sees a different kind of appetite from his Illinois State basketball teammates now that the Missouri Valley Conference season is underway.… MORE
Off to a 2-0 start in Missouri Valley Conference play and winners of five of their last six games, the Redbirds are aiming for their fourth-straight victory when ISU hosts Loyola tonight.… MORE
It will be a night to celebrate two Redbird wins as WJBC features its first basketball coaches shows of the season.… MORE
Katrina Beck and Viria Livingston each recorded career-highs in points and the Illinois State women’s basketball team picked up its first Missouri Valley Conference win of the season, defeating Wichita State, 70-49, Sunday on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena.… MORE
For the second time in the last two games, the Illinois State Redbirds men’s basketball team trailed double figures in the first half but rallied in the second half to take down Drake 67-62 at the Knapp Center.… MORE
Taylor Stewart and Lexie Taylor each scored in double figures for the Illinois State women’s basketball team, but the Redbirds fell, 73-51, in their Missouri Valley Conference opener against Missouri State … MORE
The Illinois State women’s basketball team opens Missouri Valley Conference play today as it hosts Missouri State at 1 p.m.… MORE
The Illinois State Redbirds connected on a season-high 15 3-pointers after trailing by as many as 13 in the first half to take down Missouri State 74-61 in the 2015-16 Missouri Valley Conference season opener 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…