While the main events of the recent WNBA All-Star Weekend were the game and skills challenges, all eyes were also on the league’s mascots and their hilarious antics. Eleven WNBA teams have mascots, ...

The Big Ten conference has some of the most aesthetiycally intriguing and iconic mascots. Whether it be the standard-bearing Oregon Duck, which somehow interprets the concept perfect, or USC, whose ...

Animals have become an important part of sports experiences and the fans and athletes. Loyal and indispensable, their symbols of strength, agility, and cultural identity are exhibited in everything ...

As evidenced by the sideline brawls and sign-stealing scandals of games past, emotions run high on college football gamedays. Sometimes so high that even the teams’ mascots feel compelled to get in on ...

While not every NBA team has a mascot, some teams have multiple, which means that there are plenty of mascots roaming around the basketball world. Some are a welcome addition to the hardwood while ...

Fans navigating the dozens of schools in the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments might become as attached to the mascots as the athletes themselves. Furry, animated characters used as ...

Earlier administrations investigated whether Native American school mascots were discriminatory. The Trump administration defends them, reflecting a broader shift. By Troy Closson A New York school ...

This story was updated Thursday with information about Mitchell High School’s mascot. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — There is no ocean in South Dakota, but two saltwater creatures are mascots for high ...

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Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify language around the research. The U.S. Department of Education is investigating New York’s state education department for its enforcement of a ...

The contentious political issue over the use of race-based school logos and mascots has emerged central to a lawsuit settlement in Pennsylvania and the focus of one lawmaker’s legislative plans. The ...