Board retires Chief Illiniwek

The University of Illinois swept aside the last vestiges of Chief Illiniwek on Tuesday, voting to retire the mascot’s name, regalia and image.

The school will continue to call its sports teams the Fighting Illini under the resolution. Chancellor Richard Herman was to decide how and when Chief Illiniwek’s name and image would stop being used and licensed to apparel makers and others.

Activists and some American Indians have long complained the chief is demeaning. Backers defend him as an honorable tradition.

The school decided in February to end performances of the chief, leading the NCAA to lift sanctions that had barred Illinois from playing host to postseason sports since 2005.

JURISPRUDENCE

Stevens faces DUI, marijuana charges

Tight end Jerramy Stevens was accused of driving under the influence and possession of marijuana after police stopped his car in downtown Scottsdale, Ariz., early Tuesday.

Stevens, an unrestricted free agent after five seasons with Seattle, told the officer he had “four or five margaritas” at Salty Senorita, a downtown Scottsdale bar.

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A Georgia judge agreed to delay a court appearance for Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones to give his attorneys time to determine how the NFL might react to a potential plea agreement.

Jones was charged in February 2006 with felony obstruction of police.

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The federal appeals court in Atlanta upheld the convictions of former Atlanta Braves pitcher Rick Camp, ex-state Rep. Robin Williams and another man found guilty of conspiring to steal more than $2 million from an east Georgia mental health agency.

MISCELLANY

Mackey victorious in the Iditarod

Lance Mackey won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, crossing under the famed burled arch in downtown Nome, Alaska, completing the 1,100-mile Iditarod in just over nine days.

He celebrated as he came down Nome’s Front Street, alternately waving a fist in the air, then high-fiving fans that lined the street.

His family mobbed him at the finish line.

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Pro Bowl linebacker Lance Briggs reiterated that he would not play another down for the Chicago Bears and was ready to sit out next season after they designated him as their franchise player.

“There are a lot of different options, a lot of different decisions, that could happen as the season comes closer,” Briggs told ESPN. “But that’s one of those options.”

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The West Indies dismissed Pakistan for 187 to win by 54 runs in the opening game of the World Cup of Cricket at Kingston, Jamaica.

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Five-time world champion Johnny Tapia remained hospitalized in Albuquerque after an apparent cocaine overdose.

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The super-giant slalom could be eliminated as an Alpine discipline to shorten the number of races on the World Cup calendar. The super-G was added to the World Cup program in the 1982-83 season.

If the super-G is dropped by the World Cup circuit, it will no longer be raced at the Olympics.

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Adam Malysz won his second consecutive ski jumping World Cup event at Kuopio, Finland.

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Police raided an apartment in a poor district of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and freed the kidnapped sister of AC Milan striker Ricardo Oliveira.

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Brazilian swimmer Renata Burgos was suspended two years after testing positive for an anabolic steroid.

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The U.S. women’s soccer team will play Denmark tonight in the Algarve Cup championship game at Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Portugal.