University of North Dakota backers have selected Fighting Hawks as the school’s new nickname, the school announced Wednesday. The predatory bird mascot received 57 percent of the vote compared ...

In 2012, following a battle that had lasted years, the University of North Dakota dropped its Fighting Sioux nickname, which had been used by its athletic teams since 1930.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — University of North Dakota President Robert Kelley will consider adding “North Dakota” to the list of nickname finalists for the public to vote on, he said ...

State officials voted Thursday to sue the NCAA for penalizing the University of North Dakota over its "Fighting Sioux" nickname and Indian head logo.

North Dakota's Board of Higher Education has agreed to drop the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname and Indian head logo.

A long-running debate about the University North Dakota’s use of the “Fighting Sioux” nickname appears nowhere close to a final outcome.

North Dakota's flagship university dropped its contentious Fighting Sioux nickname for the third time Thursday, and officials expressed hope that the latest retirement — fueled by this week's ...

The dispute between the NCAA and the University of North Dakota over its Fighting Sioux nickname and logo took a new turn Wednesday when the school said the filing of ...

Three years after dropping the contentious Fighting Sioux nickname, the University of North Dakota is still without one.

Wednesday's news that the University of North Dakota's new nickname would be the Fighting Hawks was greeted matter-of-factly by some UND players and coaches.