WIBX 950 » cooperstown http://wibx950.com Your News Talk and Sports Leader Sun, 19 May 2013 01:07:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Cooperstown School District Gets $10K From Oneida Indian Nation http://wibx950.com/cooperstown-school-district-gets-10k-from-oneida-indian-nation/ http://wibx950.com/cooperstown-school-district-gets-10k-from-oneida-indian-nation/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 12:59:49 +0000 Kristine Bellino http://wibx950.com/?p=197178 The Cooperstown School District will be purchasing new uniforms with a new mascot thanks to a $10,000 gift from the Oneida Indian Nation.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/cooperstown-school-district-gets-10k-from-oneida-indian-nation/feed/ 0 Photo Courtesy: Oneida Indian Nation Oneida Nation Will Present Check To Cooperstown Central Schools To Help Pay For Mascot Change http://wibx950.com/oneida-nation-will-present-check-to-cooperstown-central-schools-to-help-pay-for-mascot-change/ http://wibx950.com/oneida-nation-will-present-check-to-cooperstown-central-schools-to-help-pay-for-mascot-change/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 15:38:15 +0000 Kristine Bellino http://wibx950.com/?p=195469 The Oneida Nation is scheduled to present a check to the Cooperstown Central School District this week to deliver on a promise made when the district was considering changing its mascot.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/oneida-nation-will-present-check-to-cooperstown-central-schools-to-help-pay-for-mascot-change/feed/ 0 Cooperstown Central School District Cooperstown School Board Votes To Remove Redskins Mascot http://wibx950.com/cooperstown-school-board-votes-to-remove-redskins-mascot/ http://wibx950.com/cooperstown-school-board-votes-to-remove-redskins-mascot/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:52:06 +0000 Jim Rondenelli http://wibx950.com/?p=161447 The Oneida Indian Nation is congratulating the Cooperstown School Board for voting to remove the Redskins mascot from its sports teams.

The board voted 6-to-1 Wednesday night to drop the name.

The move was prompted by last month's vote by the student body that the mascot be changed

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]]> http://wibx950.com/cooperstown-school-board-votes-to-remove-redskins-mascot/feed/ 0 from Cooperstown Central School District Oneida Nation CEO Featured In Op-Ed Piece Calling For End To Native American Mascots http://wibx950.com/oneida-nation-ceo-featured-in-op-ed-piece-calling-for-end-to-native-american-mascots/ http://wibx950.com/oneida-nation-ceo-featured-in-op-ed-piece-calling-for-end-to-native-american-mascots/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:00:33 +0000 Gino Geruntino http://wibx950.com/?p=154794 The Deerslayers, Hawkeyes or Pathfinders. Each has the potential to become the new nickname for the Cooperstown Central School District.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/oneida-nation-ceo-featured-in-op-ed-piece-calling-for-end-to-native-american-mascots/feed/ 0 Cooperstown Central School District Olympians With Local Ties Hoping To Make Waves In London http://wibx950.com/olympians-with-local-ties-hoping-to-make-waves-in-london/ http://wibx950.com/olympians-with-local-ties-hoping-to-make-waves-in-london/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:24:15 +0000 Gino Geruntino http://wibx950.com/?p=89871 With the 2012 Olympics set to start in London in only a few short hours, it might be a good time to bone up on your knowledge of Central New York’s athletes and their local ties to the biggest event in the last four years

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]]> http://wibx950.com/olympians-with-local-ties-hoping-to-make-waves-in-london/feed/ 0 Julian Herbert, Getty Images Alomar, Blyleven, Gillick Inducted Into The Baseball HOF http://wibx950.com/alomar-blyleven-gillick-inducted-into-the-baseball-hof/ http://wibx950.com/alomar-blyleven-gillick-inducted-into-the-baseball-hof/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:16:03 +0000 Jim Rondenelli http://wibx950.com/?p=18581 Cooperstown, NY (WIBX) - The Baseball Hall of Fame has three new members.

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