North Dakota to discontinue Fighting Sioux nickname, logo, effective Jan. 1

In a statement released Thursday by the University of North Dakota and the WCHA, the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo will no longer be used by UND as of Jan. 1, 2012.

As of that date, the school is asking to refer to its athletic teams as simply the University of North Dakota and to use the interlocking ND logo as the official logo of the UND Athletics Department.