The Nebraska Cornhuskers revealed a new look for its mascot Herbie Husker on Monday. The so-called "modernized version" of the logo features a blonde-haired man with overalls and boots. The new ...

Nebraska Huskers t-shirts featuring new cartoon mascot Herbie Husker, left, and old cartoon mascot, right, are displayed at the Husker Hounds store in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers gave its cartoon mascot an upgrade to make sure there were no associations between Herbie Husker and white supremacy. In the original logo, Herbie Husker is making an ...

Nebraska Huskers t-shirts featuring new cartoon mascot Herbie Husker, left, and old cartoon mascot, right, are displayed at the Husker Hounds store in Omaha, Neb., Jan. 29, 2022. Eric Olson / AP ...

The original logo featured a cartoon version of mascot Herbie Husker making the gesture: a pointer finger and thumb connected in a circle, with the remaining three fingers standing up.

For most of his existence, Herbie Husker has expressed his approval by signaling what was once universally known as the "OK" sign. Now that the gesture has been co-opted by white supremacists ...

The University of Nebraska has made a change to its cartoon mascot Herbie Husker to eliminate confusion about the meaning of a hand gesture he makes that some people connect with white supremacy ...

The Herbie Husker character was conceived by Dick West, a cartoonist from Lubbock, Texas, the newspaper reported. West drew the character for the 1974 Cotton Bowl, where Nebraska faced the ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Herbie Husker’s hand gesture is no longer OK. >> Read more trending news. The University of Nebraska has changed its mascot’s hand gesture, after the “a-OK” signal that ...