In 2007, the National Collegiate Athletic Association ruled that the University’s mascot, Chief Illiniwek, should be retired. Ever since then, the Illini have been without a mascot. The question “Who ...

One week ago Friday, stacks of T-shirts bearing a new Chief Illiniwek logo appeared for the first time on the shelves of a sports apparel store at the University of Illinois. Latest.

Push On To Pick New Mascot For Illini. November 13, 2010 / 9:16 AM / CBS Chicago CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (STMW) - Could Illini fans cheer for the Fighting Abe Lincolns?

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 ...

So the Illini will lack a mascot as they begin gridiron play in the Big 10, ... the school’s new mascot. These are new versions of logo for proposed new mascot at University of Illinois.

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 Wilson said ...

CHAMPAIGN – Few of us knew Barbara Wilson the day she stood before a packed news conference to awkwardly announce the firing of University of Illinois Athletics Director Mike Thomas.

Native American groups argued that the mascot was not only a misappropriation of indigenous culture but stereotypical of Native Americans. The Chief was permanently retired in February 2007, and ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — As this college town prepared for the University of Illinois football season’s opener Saturday, the giddy chatter about the team’s new coach and the hottest tailgate ...

The belted kingfisher could become the new school mascot, replacing Chief Illiniwek, the mascot that was retired form use in 2007. John J. Kim, Chicago Tribune Facebook ...

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — The University of Illinois’ interim chancellor says the campus will begin the process of picking a new mascot. Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson told the Academic Senate on ...

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 Wilson said ...