INDIANAPOLIS | Fed up with what it considers "hostile" and "abusive" American Indian nicknames, the NCAA announced Friday it would shut those words and images out of postseason tournaments, a move ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Despite a letter from one tribal leader in support of the Fighting Sioux nickname, North Dakota lost its appeal to the NCAA on Friday while Illinois and Indiana University of ...

Billikens School: Saint Louis University Find them in the bracket: 5 seed in the Midwest What's up with Saint Louis' mascot? Even the University isn't really sure. They described the figure as the ...

The 2023 tournament saw then-No. 4 seed UConn prevail 76-59 over No. 5 seed San Diego State in the final, one of the lowest-seeded matchups ever in the championship game. With the parity and ...

Sometimes March Madness can extend beyond the action on the court. While certain programs may have mascots named after common animals like a Clemson Tiger or a Kentucky Wildcat, others can be more ...

Ramsey and his buddies are members of an elite fellowship of ex-mascots. Men and women who once carried on as Big Al, Alabama ...

Griff II, an English Bulldog who has served as Drake's live mascot for the past six years, is retiring at the end of the ...

THIS MORNING IN A NEW SOUTHERN ROUTES, WE'RE GOING BEYOND THE BEAK TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A BRAND NEW COLLEGE GRADUATE WHO ...

Even Hey, Spike! finds interviews to be surprising. Whoddathunk a longtime local woman was a big time NCAA college mascot? The Summit’s own Susan Fairweather continues to show an abundance of ...

Watch the NCAA Tournament and you will come across some interesting team nicknames, some of which will cause curiosity about their origin. Teams such as the Illinois Fighting Illini, for example.

As evidenced by the sideline brawls and sign-stealing scandals of games past, emotions run high on college football gamedays. Sometimes so high that even the teams’ mascots feel compelled to get in on ...