University of Mississippi mascot Colonel Reb roamed the stands at last year's Egg Bowl against Mississippi State. The mascot was based on white plantation owners. JACKSON, Miss. - Colonel Reb ...

On Sunday, the New York Times reported on the "Colonel Reb" mascot controversy at the University of Mississippi, a.k.a. "Ole Miss.". Colonel Reb — a caricature of a white antebellum Southern ...

The university is replacing its old Colonel Reb mascot, retired when its ties to the slavery antebellum culture outlived its welcome. If ending the tradition is hard, fans say, starting a new one ...

Seven years after the sidelining of Colonel Reb, the goateed planter who conjured images of the Old South, the University of Mississippi has a new mascot to do antics for children, visit the sick ...

JACKSON, Mississippi -- Step aside Colonel Reb. The next University of Mississippi mascot could well be a fierce black bear, a toothy land shark or a character in a full-body muscle-suit.

While the Colonel Reb image predates the mascot, the current Colonel made his first appearance as a mascot on the field in the 1970s. That's right. The 1970s, not the 1870s.

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Students at the University of Mississippi vote Tuesday on whether to replace their American football team mascot Colonel Reb — a caricature of a white plantation ...

Colonel Reb shall not rise again. That much is certain. The University of Mississippi dumped the mascot — a caricature of a white plantation owner — in a 2003 effort to distance the school ...

OXFORD, Miss. | The new mascot of the University of Mississippi Rebels will be a black bear, officially replacing the goateed Southern gentleman “Colonel Reb” who was banished from the ...

Colonel Reb shall not rise again. That much is certain. The University of Mississippi dumped the mascot – a caricature of a white plantation owner – in a 2003 effort to distance the school ...

Colonel Reb's first appearance on the sidelines was in the 1970s. That's right after the period during which all of the SEC"s football teams finally became integrated, including Ole Miss. Colonel Reb ...