Shannon Ryan: Illinois must finally remove all links to Chief Illiniwek
Illinois has chipped away at its history of using Native American imagery at sporting events.
In 2007, at the insistence of the NCAA, the school banned the Chief Illiniwek mascot. The Chief name and image are trademarks of the university, so student groups can't officially use them. The university in 2016 said it had formed a committee to explore identifying a new mascot.
Chip, chip, chip.
And this week, Illinois confirmed it's ending the "war chant"
