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The Illinois State University men’s basketball team announced Monday it will accept a spot in the 16-team College Basketball Invitational in Daytona Beach.

Illinois Wesleyan's new football coach has found success before, both in Bloomington and beyond.

Illinois State University is preparing for an estimated $5 million drop in revenue over the next decade if a proposed legal settlement is approved.

Empower the Nest is made up of ISU alumni, business owners and Redbird sports fans and supporters. Their goal is to help create relationships for student athletes with businesses and community members.

Beggs has an extensive history in college athletics. She recently served on the NCAA Transformation Committee, is a top advisor for the Missouri Valley Conference and is ISU's faculty athletics representative for the NCAA, a post she has held for 14 years.

Illinois State University women's basketball coach Kristen Gillespie has signed a four-year contract extension through the 2026-27 season. In her first five years, Gillespie teams have gone 87-61.

The first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 14 years for the Illinois State women's basketball team was a short one. The Redbirds lost their opening round game, 98-58, at No. 2-seed Iowa before a sellout crowd at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.

The Illinois State women's basketball team will play at No. 2 seed Iowa on Friday in the NCAA tournament.

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.