A few months ago, NPR reported the University of Mississippi -- Ole Miss -- was almost done with its seven-year search for a new mascot, a replacement for Colonel Rebel. NPR's Mark Memmott, whose ...

He took turns posing with everyone from a pair of young boys holding N.W.O. belts, to grown men in Ole Miss polo shirts, to cheerleaders. And so the era of the Landshark mascot officially began.

OXFORD, Miss ... mascot or nickname are racist is just “gossip and propaganda.” But if it’s hurting the university, then Manning says let it go. “I’m for what’s good for Ole ...

No more Colonel Reb for Ole Miss fans. The controversial mascot's days are officially numbered ... Thats why there are Colonel Reb status and Colonel Reb T-shirts and hats and everything else.

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Students at the University of Mississippi have picked the Rebel Black Bear as their new mascot ... In 1997, Ole Miss ended the waving of Confederate flags at sporting ...

But this season, the colonel has become a matter for passionate discussion among Ole Miss students and alumni ... “Colonel Reb is my mascot.” T-shirts declared, “The Colonel forever.” ...

What does an Ole Miss ... image on shirts and such. But he said he could take or leave a "colonel" running around during sporting events, especially if it offends somebody. "There are more important ...

He owes his star power to his get-up — a knockoff of the university’s longtime mascot ... including T-shirts, Confederate flags and corkscrews. This summer, Ole Miss announced a ban on ...

He took turns posing with everyone from a pair of young boys holding N.W.O. belts, to grown men in Ole Miss polo shirts, to cheerleaders. And so the era of the Landshark mascot officially began.