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<p>DENVER — Don't be surprised if the hottest ticket in college basketball this season turns out to be a match between the Fighting Whites and the North American Stealers.</p> <p>The pride of the University of Northern Colorado, the Whites won only two games in their intramural basketball league last year, but their idea of turning the tables on schools with American Indian mascot names has spread like wildfire.</p>

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The effort began last winter when a group of Indian students at the University of Northern Colorado asked nearby Eaton High School to change the nickname from 'Fighting Reds' because they thought the nickname was offensive.When the school refused, members of the UNC intramural basketball team, made up of Indians and whites decided to get even.They named themselves the 'Fighin Whites' and began wearing T-shirts bearing the name.After getting national media attention, they began selling the shirts, which bear the slogan 'Everything's going to be all white,' from their Web site.More than 15,000 shirts and hate have been sold, raising...

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The Fightin' Whities, an intramural basketball team of American Indians at the University of Northern Colorado, has been flooded with requests for T-shirts since news broke of the team's satirical mascot protest. On Tuesday, the student basketball team set up an e-mail account to start taking orders - even though players have not yet figured out exactly how to mass-produce their shirts. Would-be buyers may send T-shirt requests to fightingwhites@hotmail.com. The team will send back acknowledgments and more information. The system is meant to gauge demand while the team irons out copyright issues and checks university guidelines, said Jeff Van...