Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL - For the first time since March, ISU fans will be available to attend a home sporting event. The Illinois State Athletic department announced Friday that Hancock Stadium will host season ticket holders, ISU students and player families. In conjunction with the State of Illinois, there will be no tailgating outside of Hancock Stadium this year. Parking lots and doors to the stadium will open […]
Photo Courtesy Redbird Athletics Story by Andrew Evola NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State baseball team announced their non-conference and conference schedule Wednesday afternoon via Twitter. The Redbirds will have a challenging non-conference schedule. They will travel to Nashville to take on the Belmont Bruins to start the season on February 19th, the Bruins enter the season being ranked just outside the top 50 of the preseason rankings. The Birds […]
Photo courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill. -- “The War on 74” raged on tonight as the Illinois State Redbirds Women’s Basketball team played host to the Bradley Braves. The Braves came into the contest-winning six of their last seven and hoping to continue the winning. The ISU Redbirds has other plans. The Redbirds came out with the goal of shutting down the potent 1-2 punch of Lasha Petree […]
Photo courtesy of Illinois State University Athletics The Illinois State Redbirds entered their second straight game against the Valparaiso Crusaders in as many nights tonight. After last night's 69-60 loss the Birds hope to come out and shock Valpo early. They accomplished that with an early lead off the back of a quick seven points from Antonio Reeves and D.J. Horne. The Birds rested back on their heels […]
NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State Redbirds come out victorious against their Rival, the Bradley Braves, with a final score of 71-56. Leading the way for the Redbirds was Dj Horne with 23 points and Josiah Strong with 14 points and four steals. The Redbirds started sloppily in the first five minutes of the game, down 16-4 with 12 minutes left in the first half. During the media timeout, Coach Muller told […]
Photo courtesy Heartland Hawks NORMAL, Ill. - The Heartland Hawks went from not having a cross country team to placing at nationals in less than a year. There was no cross country program at Heartland Community College last season. But over the weekend, their men's and women's teams had strong performances at the NJCAA Cross Country Championships. The men’s team placed 5th and the women’s team placed 2nd, capping off a […]
Photo courtesy goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - College football fans will have the chance to put their knowledge to the test later this month. ESPN college football analyst Mike Golic will be hosting 'The Fan Exam', a college sports live trivia game show starting Tuesday Nov. 10. It will run every Tuesday and Thursday until Dec. 17, except for Thanksgiving week when it will take place on Wednesday. The game show […]
Photo courtesy IWU Athletics BLOOMINGTON, Ill.- The Illinois Wesleyan Titans had tremendous success this fall, competing against some tough competition. As their fall season recently concluded, Head Coach Jim Ott liked what he saw from his team this fall. “We had a great fall season, we played in five tournaments and won four of them and finished second in the other one.” Said Ott. Ott is a former IWU team captain […]
Photo courtesy goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - With nine new players on the roster this year and their leading scorer graduated, Head Coach Dan Muller is looking towards some of those new players to make an impact on the court. One of the most intriguing newcomers is 6"2 combo guard Josiah Strong. Strong started off his collegiate career at the United States Naval Academy where he played 31 games coming off […]
