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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.

Brea Banks and Ashley Sandstead remember their 2008 trip to the NCAA tournament.

It's been 24 years since the Illinois State University men's basketball team went to the NCAA tournament back in 1998. Athletic Director Kyle Brennan said Monday during a news conference introducing Ohio State Assistant Coach Ryan Pedon as the new Redbird coach, that he thinks he has found the person to bring the program back to prominence.

Illinois State University on Friday named its new men's basketball coach. Ryan Pedon has spent the last five seasons as an assistant at Ohio State. Before that, Pedon was at Butler and was an assistant coach at the University of Illinois.

The Bradley University and Illinois State athletic programs will have a new in-state Missouri Valley Conference rival in Illinois-Chicago.

Illinois State University has postponed Wednesday's men's basketball game against Loyola. "Illinois State University has determined it is unable to compete," said a news release.

A physical education major at Illinois State University who lifts weights. Not too much out of the ordinary — except that she just broke three state records with the United States Powerlifting Association.

You probably haven't heard of the state high school championship that has a golden spatula as a trophy. It's the first year for the IHSA Pork and Pigskins championship that recognizes the best concession stand pork chop sandwich.

The first female high school wrestler in Illinois history is asking Unit 5 schools to add girls coaches to the wrestling program.

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.