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Image is courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State Football team heads to Charleston, Illinois this Saturday, looking to revive their rivalry with the Eastern Illinois Panthers. The Redbirds and Panthers didn’t get to play each other last season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but when the two teams last met in 2019, […]
Image is courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.- The Illinois State Volleyball team won their second consecutive game Saturday afternoon after taking down the University of Illinois Chicago three sets to one. The Redbirds hosted the Flames in their second match of the Red and White invitational. This was a close contest that saw neither team […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State men’s basketball released its non-conference schedule Wednesday, which includes a trip to Cancun and a true road game against a Big Ten Conference foe for the second straight season. The Redbirds will open their season on Nov. 9 as they welcome North Carolina-Wilmington of the Colonial Athletic […]
Photo courtesy of Nickolas Parra NORMAL, Ill. – Wind, rain, and seasonally low temperatures were felt at Duffy Bass Field Saturday. But the Redbirds and Bears played on, and ISU claimed victory in both games of the day. The first game was scheduled to be a seven-inning contest. Seven innings weren’t enough to determine the […]
Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – Saturday saw the Redbirds host conference-rival Northern Iowa in doubleheader action. Illinois State won game one in comeback fashion, while game two ended after five innings in a blowout. In game one, the ‘Birds fell down 4-2 after five-and-a-half innings. In the bottom of the sixth, though, ISU […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.- Clutch hitting and elite defense led the way for Illinois State baseball on Sunday, as the Redbirds (16-22, 7-5 MVC) defeated Evansville (20-18, 5-10 MVC) 3-1 to capture a game and series win against their conference foe. Third-year freshman Sean Sinisko tossed seven scoreless innings with six strikeouts, five […]
Nashville indie rock group Kings of Leon kicked off March 2021 with their eighth album “When You See Yourself.” Frontman Caleb Followill explains his inspirations for this album in an interview with Apple Music saying, “Life is the vein that runs through this album. I wrote songs about youth, […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- Saturday the Illinois State baseball team (15-22, 6-5 MVC) swept Evansville (20-17, 5-9 MVC) in both games of a doubleheader, only a day after falling 12-0 in Friday’s series opener. They took a rainy first game 6-3, behind a home run and two RBIs from Ryan Cermak and a six inning, five-strikeout, two-run winning outing from pitcher Jordan […]
NORMAL, Ill.- The Illinois State Softball team hosted their I-74 rivals, the Bradley Braves in a double-header. After a tough 3-2 loss to Southern Illinois on Sunday, the Redbirds bounced back on Thursday afternoon, beating the braves not once, but twice in a double-header sweep. The Redbirds shut out the braves in both games, winning […]
Photo courtesy to West Bloomington Facebook page Photo: Mural in West Bloomington NORMAL, Ill.- Louis Goseland of the Bloomington Normal Democratic Socialists of America says the verdict brings accountability for Derek Chauvin but is an exception not the norm. The Bloomington-Normal Chapter of Democratic Socialists of America is calling on members of the Illinois General Assembly to build on […]