Ithaca's iconic Chanticleer rooster has been removed from it's perch due to unexpected repairs estimated at $10,000. News Sports Business Data Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals. LOCAL.

To make its teams' nickname more in-line with South Carolina's "Gamecocks" – also a rooster – what was then known as USC Coastal Carolina College changed its mascot to the Chanticleer.

The Chanticleer's iconic Rich the Rooster neon sign had to be taken down in January. However, an outpouring of support from Ithacans may be able to finance its return.

Coastal Carolina adopted a live rooster as mascot Maddox in 2011, and the school named it after Cal Maddox, who passed away in 2014. Daniel Chavkin Daniel Chavkin is a Digital Content Producer for ...

The Chanticleer (pronounced SHON-ti-clear) ... In the early 60's, an English professor and his students pitched the Chanticleer as a different but similar rooster than the fighting Gamecock.

But technically, it’s a rooster, according to Webster’s. In the case of Coastal Carolina, it comes from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, specifically, the Nun’s Priest Tale, about a proud ...

In "The Nun's Priest's Tale," Chanticleer has a dream that he is going to be caught and killed by a fox. After waking in a panic, the rooster is eventually consoled by one of his wives.

Coastal Carolina adopted a live rooster as mascot Maddox in 2011, and the school named it after Cal Maddox, who passed away in 2014. Daniel Chavkin Daniel Chavkin is a Digital Content Producer for ...

In "The Nun's Priest's Tale," Chanticleer has a dream that he is going to be caught and killed by a fox. After waking in a panic, the rooster is eventually consoled by one of his wives.