The University of Illinois will retire its 81-year-old American Indian mascot, Chief Illiniwek, following the last men's home basketball game of the season on Wednesday.

Having banned Chief Illiniwek in 2007 amid protests and in response to an NCAA edict, Illinois will select a new mascot for the university, interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson announced Monday. The ...

The University of Illinois' controversial 81-year-old Chief Illiniwek mascot performs for the last time at a basketball game Wednesday night.

Letters: Illinois Mascot; Tiny Preemie; and Bowling Melissa Block and Robert Siegel read from listeners' letters. Among this week's topics: our story on the retirement of the University of ...

Blog Player. Chief Illiniwek, the former University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign mascot, was banned by the NCAA in 2007 for being “hostile and abusive” toward American Indians -- but people ...

The University of Illinois will begin the search for a new mascot nine years after it retired Chief Illiniwek under pressure from the NCAA.

URBANA, Ill. (AP) Nine years after it retired Chief Illiniwek under pressure from the NCAA, the University of Illinois will begin the search for a new mascot, ...

URBANA, Ill. — Nine years after it retired Chief Illiniwek under pressure from the NCAA, the University of Illinois will begin the search for a new mascot, interim Chancellor Barbara ...

It has become widespread around the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where its visage has been captured in neighborhood murals and on students’ T-shirts and face masks.

So, the University of Illinois announced this week that it's taking steps toward selecting the school's first-ever mascot. Except that it's not. That's because Illinois actually has had a mascot ...

CHAMPAIGN – While a committee is being organized to hunt for a mascot that will unite and inspire Illini fans, I hope they keep open a very important option.

URBANA, Ill. (AP) Nine years after it retired Chief Illiniwek under pressure from the NCAA, the University of Illinois will begin the search for a new mascot, interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson ...