Preseason Big Ten Conference favorite No. 2 Maryland faces Illinois State tonight in the Cancun Challenge at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya, with a spot in Wednesday’s Riviera Division championship game at stake.… MORE
Category Archives: WJBC Top Sports
UPDATED: U-High names new head football coach
University High has named Trevor Von Bruenchenhein head football coach.… MORE
Illinois State’s Coprich named MVFC Offensive Player of Week for 3rd time
For the second week in a row and the third time this season, Illinois State running back Marshaun Coprich was named the Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive Player of the Week by the league office. … MORE
Titans take down Rose-Hulman to win Tip-Off Tournament
By Nick McClintock BLOOMINGTON- It was the Illinois Wesleyan Titans owning their own tournament this weekend, as IWU handled the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 86-76 at the Shirk Center Sunday afternoon. Early on in the game, it looked like it would be a shoot-out, with Wesleyan starting off 2-2 from the field and Rose-Hulman keeping…… MORE
Redbirds secure No. 2 seed, clinch home field advantage through playoffs
As expected, Illinois State’s football team was among the top four seeds in the FCS playoffs announced Sunday.… MORE
Redbirds rebound, take down Houston Baptist
For the first time in the 2015-16 season, the Illinois State men’s basketball team out rebounded its opponent 36-35 as the Redbirds handled Houston Baptist 72-56 in the second game of the Cancun Challenge at Redbird Arena… MORE
Redbirds offense, defense freeze South Dakota, capture share of MVFC title
The Illinois State Redbird football team rushed for 390 yards and its defense held South Dakota scoreless en route to a 46-0 over the Coyotes.… MORE
ISU football wraps up its regular season on WJBC Saturday
Adam Studzinski kicks off sports coverage today at 10 a.m. with a live Game Day Show from Illinois State’s Hancock Stadium on WJBC 1230 AM.… MORE
SDSU’s balanced attack downs Redbirds
Five players scored in double figures for South Dakota State and Illinois State shot 37 percent from the field en route to an 83-67 defeat Thursday night on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena.… MORE
Lefty’s Corner: ISU looks to clinch share of Valley title
Illinois State’s football team has an opportunity to go where no other team has gone in the program’s 120-year history with a victory over South Dakota at Hancock Stadium.… 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…