But the Holy Cross Crusader is unambiguously an armored, sword-wielding, cross-bearing icon of the Christian knights of the Crusades, so I’ll address the controversy on those terms. My argument ...

The College of the Holy Cross is mulling whether to shed its century-old sports symbol the “Crusader” out of concerns the image of a Christian warrior might be offensive to Muslims.

The Crusader has been the Holy Cross mascot for nearly 100 years, but this semester the college’s president Rev. Philip Boroughs asked students, faculty and alumni to consider whether it’s ...

This story originally aired on November 17, 2017. The College of the Holy Cross is considering whether to change its mascot, The Crusader, which is depicted as a sword-wielding, purple cape-wearing ...

I was a Holy Cross Crusader for four years in the 1970s. I was a Groton High School Crusader for four years before that. I made my bones in the newspaper field as sports editor of the Holy Cross ...

The cross first appeared in the years before Pope Blessed Urban II called for the First Crusade (1096-1099) to set off to recapture Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim control. Called at times ...

Holy Cross beats Fordham for its eighth straight series win, retains the Ram-Crusader Cup, 19-16 — Jayden Clerveaux carried 30 times for 159 yards and Holy Cross beat Fordham 19-16 on Saturday ...