'Whities' team drawing attention

TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2002

"The Fighting Whities" is only an intramural college team but its founders have gotten a lot of attention from the media.

Conceived by a group of Native students at the University of Northern Colorado, the basketball team says it wants to combat stereotypes in sports. The name is a protest against a local high school which has refused to change its "Reds" name and Indian logo.

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