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...final contention lies in the traditional symbols of the Old South. Many blacks complain of the school fight song Dixie, the mascot Colonel Rebel and the waving of the Confederate battle flag at athletic events. The university's first black cheerleader, John Hawkins of Water Valley, Miss., attracted attention before the first football game of this season when he announced he would not carry the Confederate flag on the field. His wishes were understood by both the administration and many of the students. Hawkins, as well as Steve Sloan, the fine young Ole Miss football coach, favors a modified...
...Pastorini, 33, is not filling in for U.S.C.'s Trojan mascot. But it's a thought. The former pro quarterback, late of the Houston Oilers, the Oakland Raiders and the Los Angeles Rams, will be a guest star this fall as Spartacus on Voyagers!, NBC's Sunday-night entry in its onetime Walt Disney time slot. In his previous off-the-field forays, Pastorini has racked up headlines for reckless driving, posing seminude for Playgirl magazine, having a couple of run-ins with...
...Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira, the players were briefly sequestered in the Sahara-like climate of Valladolid in north-central Spain but worked out twice daily (and prayed to Allah the requisite five times daily). They broke the monotony by appearing for carefully rehearsed "photo opportunities," dancing around their camel mascot, which sports a FIFA identity card and a team jacket...
...once lowly porker is becoming a popular mascot...
...number of years ago, I attended a Clemson homecoming game because they were playing against my alma mater, Duke University. The Clemson band was magnificent, the crowd enthusiastic, the tiger mascot amusing, but, alas, the football team was having a bad season and they lost-even to Duke! On my way out of the stadium, I noticed the usual homecoming banners: BEAT DUKE, BEAT DOOK, BEAT THE DEVILS. Then I saw a large banner stretched across the front of a dorm: BEAT SOMEBODY! I have been a Clemson fan ever since...