Image is courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, ILL. - Just an hour after their MVC tournament loss to Northern Iowa, the Redbirds have their next head coach. Ryan Pedon, the lead assistant coach at Ohio State, has been named the next head coach of the Redbirds. “I am extremely excited to be joining the Redbird family. I would like to thank President Kinzy, Kyle Brennan, and Mark Muhlhauser for this opportunity,” […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com ST. LOUIS, MO - After taking down Indiana State in last night's first-round matchup, the Redbirds looked to keep their Cinderella hopes alive against Northern Iowa. Interim head coach Brian Jones was up against his Alma mater, but could not lead the Redbirds to victory. ISU lost 78-65. Abdou Ndiaye picked up two quick fouls in the first minute of the game, which forced him to […]
Liam Kazar Concert Review By: Ryan Gray On February 27, 2022, Liam Kazar played at The Metro music venue in Chicago with the opening acts of Wyatt for Sale and Lake James. I had found out about Liam Kazar by accident, one day I had just decided to go on The Metro's website in early February to check out which bands and artists were playing there, and I happened to […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- As the swim and dive season is coming to close it’s time senior swimmer Sarah Hein talks about her time here at Illinois State University and her upbringing into swimming. Every athlete has a story on how they started their sport, yet some of those stories may be crazy and out of the ordinary. It seems that Sarah had some guidance along the way […]
Photo Courtesy of OSF Facebook Page NORMAL, Ill. - One of the main concerns for parents is the safety of their children. Parents actively protect their children from bullying, violence, crime, and strangers, but disease and infection is something that’s harder to protect your children from. OSF healthcare recently published a study that shows a link between croup cough and COVID-19, with the large spike over the last months from […]
ST. LOUIS, MO - For the first time in three years the Redbirds advance to the second of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament after defeating the Indiana State Sycamores 58-53, in a thrilling opening round matchup. The Redbirds struck first as sophomore guard Howard Fleming Jr. nailed two threes to open the first half. The Redbirds defensive intensity showed in the early minutes as redshirt junior Abdou Ndiaye recorded two […]
Image courtesy of Kodiak Creative BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan Women’s Basketball team was in a position they did not expect themselves to be in this past weekend. “One of the breaking points [of our season] was halftime of our Washington University game. So that point we were 1-3, we had a tough loss from the night before, we’re down by 22 at the half, we’re in the locker […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com JONESBORO, Ar. -N0 home games? No problem. After outscoring the Western Carolina Catamounts 28-15 in a three-game sweep last weekend, the Illinois State Redbirds baseball team (4-2) will visit Arkansas State (2-4) starting on Friday. The first Redbird series sweep since 2019 was made possible by a flock of Redbirds who were hot at the plate, including Jake McCaw. McCaw had a home run in all […]
Photo courtesy of from Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill.—Mask policies continue to change in a span of two weeks. JB Pritzker announced that Illinois will be lifting its mask mandate February 28th due to statewide COVID-19 hospitalization rates declining faster than any other point in the pandemic. Decisions for the state have led local institutions to make changes. Illinois State University announced on Feburary 21st that it will be lifting […]
