The as-yet named Landshark will replace Rebel the Bear, who was selected as the Ole Miss mascot in 2010. In 2003, the university retired Colonel Reb from the field in an effort to move away from ...

Next was mascot “Colonel Reb,” the goateed ... would be unique to the Southeastern Conference. The black bear is connected to Ole Miss through Faulkner, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist ...

Next was mascot "Colonel Reb," the goateed Southern ... and I don't think we're guilty of that." The black bear is connected to Ole Miss through Faulkner, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist who ...

There are three finalists, Ty New, the co-chair of the Ole Miss Mascot Selection Committee, told NPR's Mary Louise Kelly: The Rebel Black Bear, The Rebel Landshark, and Hotty Toddy. According to ...

The University of Mississippi has announced the Landshark will replace Rebel the Bear as the school's official mascot. Ole Miss chancellor Jeff Vitter announced the change on Twitter and said in a ...

The new mascot of the University of Mississippi ... and I don't think we're guilty of that," he said. The black bear is connected to Ole Miss through one of Oxford's famous residents, Nobel ...

So it takes a long seven years of controversy for the Ole Miss Rebels to diss its cool mascot Colonel Reb, who reminds fans of Colonel Sanders and fried chicken, for a bear. Not just any bear ...

Ole Miss' new mascot -- the Rebel Black Bear -- in his various attires. AP Photo/University of Mississippi Student Mascot Selection Committee Tradition dies hard in Oxford, where tens of thousands ...

OXFORD, Miss., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Ole Miss has decided on the Rebel Black Bear to replace "Colonel Reb" as the school mascot. The Rebel Black Bear won a competition among more than 1,000 entries ...

It's official: The Rebel Black Bear is Ole Miss' new on-field mascot, the school announced today. The bear was the first choice of 62 percent of university stakeholders-- faculty, students ...

The new mascot of the University of Mississippi Rebels will be a black bear, officially replacing ... wasn’t griping along the way. In 1997, Ole Miss ended the waving of Confederate flags ...