Illinois State University’s athletic department has finalized its response to student protests over racial issues among its leadership.… MORE
Category Archives: Local Sports
ISU athletic director apologizes to student-athletes for saying ‘All Redbird Lives Matter’
Student-athletes at Illinois State University said in their annual meeting with Athletic Director, Larry Lyons, on Wednesday, he brought up the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement and said during the meeting, “All Redbird Lives Matter.”… MORE
Will there be ISU football in the fall?
While answers are still slim on Illinois State football, ISU’s Athletic Director says discussions are still underway on how and when the season will take place.… MORE
How did the IHSA decide on a plan for sports?
While the high school fall schedule will look different due to the Coronavirus pandemic, IHSA’s top official says the plan remains fluid.… MORE
IHSA alters 2020-2021 athletic schedule
The high school sports fall schedule will look different this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.… MORE
CCIW postpones fall sports
Illinois Wesleyan University won’t play fall sports in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.… MORE
IHSA Executive Director: “It appears to be difficult” to have football in the fall
With the IHSA Board of Directors set to convene later this month, the top leader of the IHSA says the football season in the fall “appears to be difficult.”… MORE
Boys basketball state finals returning to Champaign
The boys basketball state finals will be shifting from Peoria to Champaign.… MORE
Normal CornBelters announce plans to play summer games
There will be baseball at the Corn Crib this summer.… MORE
ISU athletics prepares for athletes coming back to campus
Some parts of Illinois State University are slowly starting to reopen, but the athletic department is trying to get some athletes back on campus to prepare for the upcoming year.… 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…