Category: Athletics

To come from Athletics….after this weekend (Hopefully!)

Men’s Basketball The Illinois State Athletics Department will host its annual “Redbird Rally” in St. Louis at the Millennium Hotel prior to the Redbird men’s basketball team’s first game at the 2010 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament March 5-8 at the Scottrade Center. The event, which was previously held at the Top Shelf in

For the second-straight season, the Illinois State men’s basketball team will end the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season on ESPN2 as part of the Valley’s “Wildcard Weekend.” The 7 p.m. game (CST) against the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) will be played on Feb. 27 at the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The Redbirds ended

President Bowman is challenging Redbirds to come together and enhance the Student Fitness and Kinesiology/Recreation Building. Funds raised will be used for maintenance and equipment for the climbing wall, and to build a bouldering wall. When the building is finished, President Bowman, who is a seasoned mountain climber, will go head to head with the

It’s routine for the Illinois State football team to face a NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) team. Usually the contests take place at the FBS venue, however, a home-and-home deal signed between the two schools will bring Ball State to Hancock Stadium. A member of the Mid-American Conference (West Division), Ball State will

The 2009-2010 Illinois State men’s basketball schedule was finalized and Basketball fans who want to follow the men’s team in the upcoming season will have the opportunity to see six televised games. The games will air as part of the Missouri Valley Conference’s (MVC) partnership with the ESPN family of networks, and the league’s television

Ted Nichelson, M.M. ’96, graduated from Illinois State’s Laboratory Schools before completing his graduate degree in musicology. He has built a career as a freelance harpist in California, where he now resides. More than an exceptional musician, Nichelson also writes. He is the primary author of the book Love to Love You Bradys: The Bizarre

Young Redbird fans will have the opportunity to play a more active role in game-day events in Illinois State’s 2009-2010 athletic season through membership in the Reggie’s Kids Club. The club, which was created in conjunction with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, is enrolling kids 12 years old and younger. The membership period runs through

Joseph Reynolds ’03 travels across the country to stage the Great Urban Race (GUR). Inspired by The Amazing Race, GUR is a one-day adventure with such a mix of competition and comedy that the most intense athletes have as much fun as families. The race starts with teams of two receiving 12 clues at the