OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will sideline its Colonel Rebel mascot this football season, taking another step to distance itself from the South's Confederate past. Ole Miss officials have said they want a more intimidating mascot than the Southern ...

After many years of complaints about the racial insensitivity of having a man dressed as a Confederate soldier as the symbol of a university where 14 percent of students are black, Ole Miss is pulling the plug on ‘Colonel Reb’ this football season.