It’s been three years since students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign passed a campuswide proposal for a bird called the kingfisher to be the new school mascot. This spring, … ...

The university in 2007 retired Chief Illiniwek — called a symbol, not a mascot, by his many champions — after the NCAA found the chief to be “hostile and abusive.” ...

The Mascot Is Fiction. The War Is Real. Why Chief Illiniwek, retired more than a decade ago, still inspires anger, pain, and pride at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ...

A student organization at the University of Illinois is holding a contest to find a new mascot to replace Chief Illiniwek. Campus Spirit Revival is taking submissions until October 14 for designs ...

The Colorado Buffaloes will be playing on fresh turf this season as Folsom Field gets major upgrade this summer.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - A group of students at the University of Illinois wants the school to choose a new mascot to replace the now-retired Chief Illiniwek. "The (Champaign) News-Gazette" reports ...

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign students start voting on a new school mascot Wednesday. The two-day, non-binding vote will gauge whether to make the belted kingfisher the new mascot.

The University of Chicago has received a $100 million gift from entrepreneur and investor Konstantin Sokolov. In recognition, the program will be renamed after Sokolov.

San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) mascot S.J. Sharkie (@officialsjsharkie) has been announced as an inductee into the 2025 ...

University officials confirmed to the San Francisco Chronicle this week that they will consider replacing the mascot that has represented the school for more than 90 years after a student-led ...

For Loyola University Chicago, its mascot, LU Wolf, owes its existence to its namesake saint, St. Ignatius of Loyola. But this was not always what the sports teams at Loyola were associated with. Ad.

Team mascot Staley Da Bear is nominated for the 2023 Mascot Hall Of Fame induction. Fans can begin voting on the 2023 nominees on May 14. There are 18 nominees in total, and several from the NFL.