PEORIA, Ill. -- The NCAA's executive committee on Friday rejected an appeal by the University of Illinois to continue using its Chief Illiniwek mascot without penalty but removed Bradley from a ...

Moore, who is against the proposal, said school districts would potentially have to cover millions of dollars to replace jerseys, scoreboards, and gut gymnasiums.

URBANA, Ill. — 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. The ...

Locally, the Annawan School District, whose mascot is the Braves, would be impacted. Superintendent Jamie Bryan said if the bill passes, the cost to schools would be significant.

An IL House bill would require Freeburg Community High School to change the name of its mascot, which is considered a slur for people with dwarfism.

The co-chairs of the Illinois Student Senate committee, juniors Alex Villanueva and Mark Schaer, stress that the effort isn't to actually choose a mascot, but to see if people are ready for one.

The Oregon Duck mascot strikes gold again. One of the most recognizable mascots in college football, the Oregon Duck dressed up as a minion and channeled Despicable Me. The Ducks beat Illinois, 38-9.

A long-standing mascot tradition in Freeburg, Illinois, could soon come to an end, as a new bill in the Illinois General Assembly would ban school mascots that reference disabilities.

On behalf of thousands of students, faculty and alumni at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, I would like to thank the editorial board of the Emerald for its efforts to end the racial ...