Illinois lawmakers are looking to ban K-12 schools from using Native American mascots or logos. House bill 5617—sponsored by state Rep. Maurice West—would require schools to alter logos ...

UVM touts an obscure name for its mascot, which is also known as a puma, cougar, panther and mountain lion. Here's how the VT ...

When the University of Illinois' Board of Trustees announced its decision to remove its 81-year mascot, Chief Illiniwek, on Feb. 16, 2007, it represented what many consider to be an important step in ...

What are Fighting Irish? And why is Notre Dame called that? Here's an explanation of the football team's unique moniker among ...

The old mascots of the NFL’s Washington Commanders and MLB’s ... president of the National Congress of American Indians, “and spent his life working to advance civil rights.” NAGA writes on its ...

As reported by the Austin American-Statesman's David Eckert, Bevo — Texas' live longhorn steer mascot, believed to be the biggest livestock mascot in college sports — will not join the ...