A belted kingfisher is making the rounds as a potential mascot for the University. “These birds are orange and blue, literally. That’s perfect,” said designer Spencer Hulsey, senior in LAS. Growing up ...

The university said in September that its existing mascot, Razor the Razorback, had ‘graduated’, launching a design competition for staff, students and alumni to submit their ideas for a replacement ...

The idea came to Spencer Hulsey in a doodle. During a physics discussion at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she idly sketched a belted kingfisher, a blue and orange bird she saw many ...

KINSTON, N.C. (WITN) – The Down East Bird Dawgs need your help naming the team’s new mascot ahead of their inaugural season. Voting for the mascot’s name will be open from noon Friday until noon on ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... SOCHI, Russia — It took an angry-looking bird to get Brazilians hooked on their World Cup mascot. Canarinho, the yellow canary with a furious face that ...

Right now, fans at Illinois basketball games get fired up by flag-waving cheerleaders, not a costumed mascot. That could change. Multimedia Specialist Right now, fans at Illinois basketball games get ...