Hate groups
The Valparaiso Crusaders mascot helps the cheer squad during a timeout in an NCAA college basketball game against North Dakota on Nov. 17, 2019, in Valparaiso, Ind. Valparaiso University will begin searching for a new team name after dropping Crusaders, the school mascot and all logos associated with the name because school officials said hate groups have embraced the term, the school announced Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (Kale Wilk/The Times via AP)
Valparaiso will look for new team after dropping Crusaders

Feb. 11, 2021 03:47 PM EST

Mamadi Diakite hoods the NCAA championship trophy as Virginia team members are welcomed by fans as they return to Charlottesville, Va., Tuesday, April 9, 2019, the day after defeating Texas Tech in the title game of college basketball's Final Four. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Once marred by racist rally, Charlottesville revels in win

By Alan Suderman Apr. 09, 2019 04:32 PM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, file photo, several Mississippi basketball players take a knee during the national anthem before an NCAA college basketball game against Georgia in Oxford, Miss. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he hasn’t given much thought about the University of Mississippi basketball players who kneeled during the National Anthem to protest a pro-Confederate gathering on campus. (Nathanael Gabler/The Oxford Eagle via AP, File)
Governor: No position on Ole Miss players' anthem kneeling

By Emily Wagster Pettus Feb. 26, 2019 04:10 PM EST

Mississippi guard Breein Tyree (4) shoots against Georgia's Christian Harrison (11) during an NCAA college basketball game in Oxford, Miss., Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. (Bruce Newman/The Oxford Eagle via AP)
Mississippi players kneel during anthem in response to rally

By R.j. Morgan Feb. 23, 2019 05:59 PM EST

Six Mississippi basketball players take a knee during the national anthem before an NCAA college basketball game against Georgia in Oxford, Miss., Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. (Nathanael Gabler/The Oxford Eagle via AP)
Ole Miss players kneel in response to Confederacy rally

R.j. Morgan Feb. 23, 2019 04:46 PM EST