There won’t be any Prospect League games at the Corn Crib this summer.… MORE
Category Archives: Local Sports
Lyons: Targeting a normal football season
The NCAA put all spring sports on hold this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but what will the fall look like?… MORE
Golf courses across Illinois reopen under modified ‘stay home’ order
Golfers across Illinois are breaking out the clubs as golf courses reopen Friday under Gov. JB Pritzker’s modified “stay home” order.… MORE
IHSA cancels spring state tournaments
The Illinois High School Association Board of Directors has canceled all spring state tournaments due to COVID-19.
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Midway Marauders cancel season due to COVID-19
The Midway Marauders have decided to officially cancel its first season in Bloomington-Normal due to the coronavirus.… MORE
NCAA cancels men’s, women’s Division I basketball tournaments amid coronavirus fears
NCAA President Mark Emmert and the Board of Governors canceled the Division I men’s and women’s 2020 basketball tournaments, according to a statement Thursday.… MORE
Big Ten, other conferences cancel basketball tournaments due to coronavirus
The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday that it will be canceling the remainder of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, effective immediately.… MORE
IHSA to limit attendance at state tournament
The Illinois High School Association announced Thursday that it will significantly limit attendance at the remaining games in the boys basketball state tournament to preemptively reduce the potential spread of COVID-19.… MORE
Scoring a Goal: Members of Chicago Blackhawks staff hosts hockey clinic at Bloomington school
Designed to teach kids the foundations of hockey, members of the Chicago Blackhawks staff donated equipment and training sessions to Washington Elementary School.… MORE
Former ISU coach gets three-year show cause penalty for NCAA violations
Former Illinois State basketball coach Kevin Stallings has been hit with a three-year show-cause penalty by the NCAA.… 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…