Sports

A one-year delay in the Olympics gave an Illinois State newcomer a chance to compete in the Tokyo Games. Jada Stinson, a graduate transfer on the Redbird women's basketball team, played with the Puerto Rican national team in the spring and earned an Olympic tryout.

Terri Goss Kinzy, a scientist and researcher who most recently was an administrator at Western Michigan, took over as ISU president on Thursday. She joined WGLT's Sound Ideas for an extended interview covering COVID-19 vaccination, enrollment trends, student athlete compensation, and more.

Lawmakers, collegiate athletes and athletic directors from some of the state’s most prominent universities on Tuesday hailed the governor’s signing of a bill allowing college athletes to be paid for the use of their name and likeness as innovative and equity centric.

Former ISU Hall of Fame cross country and track and field coach John Coughlan has died at age 80.

The head of ISU athletics says colleges and universities will need to protect student athletes from financial pressures tied to gambling.

Illinois State University Athletics Director Kyle Brennan can hardly contain his excitement for seeing fans return without capacity restrictions starting in the fall.

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The long-delayed Redbird football season has come to a premature end.Coach Brock Spack announced Sunday his team will opt out of its remaining four 2021…

State Farm will air its first Super Bowl ad on Sunday, featuring Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron…

Illinois State University athletics has announced it will allow up to 20% capacity for its spring football schedule at Hancock Stadium this season, but…

Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health announced new guidelines for youth and adult winter sports on Tuesday that temporarily put a…

Illinois State University Athletics Director Larry Lyons said Friday he plans to retire by the end of the year.Lyons has been an athletics administrator…