The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday announced that the Connetquot school district violated civil rights law when it agreed to rebrand as the "T-Birds" to comply with the state's ban on Native ...

Federal officials are pressing a Long Island school district to readopt its Native American-inspired team name that the school previously changed to comply with a state ban. The U.S. Department of ...

When Lee Corso returned to Bloomington for the first time as ESPN "College GameDay" analyst and extraordinary picker, he didn't have a famed mascot headgear to wear. That changed this Indiana football ...

The Trump administration is stepping back into the Native American mascot debate, citing a school with a Title VI violation for changing its logo in accordance with state rules. Research has shown ...

A Native American group fighting for schools such as Massapequa High on Long Island to keep their indigenous mascots says it is prepared to take its case to the US Supreme Court. “We’re moving ahead ...

A Long Island school district is caught in the middle of a growing state vs. federal showdown with its mascot at the center of the fight. After changing their mascot from Thunderbirds to T-Birds to ...

State education blasted the Trump Administration for its strong-armed stance against a Long Island school’s rebranding of its Native American-inspired mascot — claiming the feds are making a “mockery” ...

The coal mascot—named “Coalie”—appears to be a new character designed to represent the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), a bureau in the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Want more Olympics updates? Get our behind-the-scenes newsletter for what it's like to be at these Games. Taking up the mantle for 2026 are Milo and Tina, a pair of scarf-wearing sibling stoats — or, ...

The official mascots of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, in Italy, are Tina and Milo. But who are they and what do they represent? Who Are Tina and Milo? According to an ...

MUKILTEO — Brandon Tepley lived a double life in college. One of those lives had a tail. What’s up with that? From 1997 to 1999, Tepley was Butch T. Cougar, Washington State University’s mascot. Today ...