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How the NCAA Aims to Tackle the Surge of Online Abuse Targeting College Athletes

NCAA data shows almost 50% of players have faced abuse from bettors, while monitoring firms logged more than 2,500 abusive posts during one week of March Madness.

Sports Illustrated

Montana State Bobcats Claim FCS Title

The Montana State Bobcats defeated the Illinois State Redbirds on January 5th, 2026 to become FCS champions.

The Sports Daily

SI:AM | College Football’s Wildest Game of the Season

The FCS national championship between Montana State and Illinois State was full of heart-stopping plays.

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Montana State Wins FCS Championship Game vs. Illinois State After Wild OT Finish

Montana State is bringing a championship back to Bozeman.

Sports Illustrated

Unranked Illinois State Stuns No. 1 North Dakota State in FCS Playoffs With Gutsy Two-Point Call

The Redbirds went for the win with a minute left.

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How Illinois State Men’s Basketball Bucked the Transfer Portal Trend

Power programs often lure up-and-comers in the mid-majors with NIL offers and greater exposure, but the Redbirds’ stars chose a different path.

Sports Illustrated

The Best St. Louis Cardinals Tees for a Second-Half Redbirds Playoff Push

The baseball calendar is flipping over to the second half of the MLB season, and Cardinals fans know this is when the team needs most to come alive. A second half playoff push could really use some support from the fans, and one way to participate alongside the team is…

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Pro Baseball Team Blasted After Promoting Their $47.45 'Big Beautiful' July 4 Buffet: 'Outright Tone-Deaf'

The Memphis Redbirds are facing criticism after promoting a $47.45 "Big Beautiful Buffet" seen as a Trump nod.

Latin Times

St. Louis Cardinals Fans Should Grab This Nike Polo While It’s on Sale for $49

Cardinals fans: Your Redbirds have climbed out of a slow start to the season and have placed themselves right in the thick of the NL Central standings. With the MLB All-Star break inching closer and closer, you’ve got to get yourself some apparel to cheer your way through a Cardinals…

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Cardinals Could 'Rekindle' Interest in Nathan Eovaldi, per Report

A year after the St. Louis Cardinals finished dead last in the NL Central, the Redbirds find themselves just 4.5 games back coming out of the All-Star break. As

Sports Illustrated

Florida’s stellar week, Vandy defends at Watersound among highlights from last week of college golf

It was a stellar week.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Scouting the state: Breaking down Illinois’ top high school basketball teams from outside the Chicago area

Here is a look at the teams from around the state who are off to impressive starts and that we all can be keeping tabs on between now and March.

Chicago Sun-Times

City/Suburban Hoops Report: Rating Waubonsie Valley, Palatine’s Connor May commits and Danny Grieves’ last run

Maybe the least talked about ranked, unbeaten team in the area is Waubonsie Valley. That will change as the Warriors surely add wins to their red-hot 8-0 start.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois State Apologizes After Fan Used Racial Slur Against Norfolk State Player

The Redbirds program apologized on Sunday, a day after the incident took place.

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Illinois State Fans’ Alleged Slur Aimed at Norfolk State Player Sparks Altercation

Per ESPN+’s broadcast of the game, “one or two” Redbirds fans were ejected after the incident.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sectional notebook: Insights and observations on the IHSA state playoff bracket

As soon as the sectional seeds are announced and the brackets follow the very next day, the season’s focus immediately and dramatically shifts.

Chicago Sun-Times

Metamora shocks Simeon in Class 3A state semifinals

Jaylen Drane missed a contested three-pointer as time expired and the Redbirds celebrated their 50-47 upset of the Class 3A state title favorites.

Chicago Sun-Times

Breaking down 10 potential candidates to be Illinois State’s new basketball coach

The following short list of 10 potential candidates for the Illinois State job is one with some very realistic targets and some that may be a reach but worth talking about.

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