A long-standing mascot tradition in Freeburg, Illinois, could soon come to an ... when a local sportswriter coined the ...

RELATED: Bill banning Native American team names, mascots in Illinois schools passes House ... name is also rooted in a slur because the basketball team was short, and the triumphant story ...

The long-winded Prohibition of Discriminatory Disability Mascots Act passed the Illinois House of Representatives ... has been around since the 1934-35 basketball season. A local sportswriter ...

SPRINGFIELD — Two bills in the Illinois General Assembly ... say it’s not meant to be demeaning. The mascot goes back 90 years when an undersized basketball team defeated a favored opponent.

The Freeburg mascot was chosen during the 1930s when a reporter coined the term because the tallest member of the basketball team ... in the schools across Illinois.” Rep. Kevin Schmidt, R ...

Illinois K-12 schools may soon be required to pick new mascots to replace those that ... Only Annawan’s indoor sports teams, like basketball and volleyball, go by the Braves.

FREEBURG, Ill. — Two bills aimed at mascots in Illinois High Schools have temporarily stalled in the Illinois Senate, but lawmakers say the legislation likely isn’t going away anytime soon.

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share Earlier this month, the Illinois House passed legislation — House Bill 1237 — that would phase out the use of Native American-based mascots and logos in our state ...