The European standard of the knight of the Middle Ages as an elite warrior sworn to uphold the values of faith, loyalty, courage and honor is the essence of any good school mascot; picture Sir ...

A bill passed by the the Rutgers University Student Assembly calls for more gender and ethnic diversity, such as a black, Asian or Latino Scarlet Knight or possibly a Scarlet Knightess.

BELDING, Mich. – Pending board approval, the Belding High School new mascot will be the Black Knights. The new mascot was announced at an assembly Friday morning and then posted on the school ...

The Black Knight mascot was decided upon after students and the community submitted their opinions on what the new mascot should be.

There's a big push at Rutgers University for more diversity regarding their mascot, the Scarlet Knight.

Last month dozens of students and faculty members signed a letter to Rev. Boroughs criticizing the move and suggesting, among other steps, that Holy Cross drop the knight mascot.

Unless a university is stubbornly defending an offensive nickname and mascot, traditions at a university are a good thing. Nobody should be offended by a knight. Unless they're a dragon.

Mel Evans/AP The Rutgers Scarlet Knight mascot runs on the field before an NCAA college football game against Arkansas in Piscataway, N.J., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013.

"What we were thinking — the way the bill's laid out — it's not defined that we need an Asian knight, a black knight, a Latino knight," said Brennan, a School of Environmental and Biological ...

Officials announced Friday, March 3, the Belding Black Knights will be the new mascot for Belding Area Schools, replacing the controversial Redskins.

The Vegas Golden Knights unveiled their mascot on Friday night via Twitter. It is [squints aggressively] NOT a knight? It’s apparently a gila monster, which looks a lot like a very cool and ...