The Knoxville Smokies are honoring the legacy of the Giants, the city's Negro League team that won a championship in 1920.

Many in the Georgia Southern community, including football coach Clay Helton, shared memories of live eagle mascot Freedom ...

Georgia Southern University says their live bald eagle mascot, Freedom, passed away Saturday. Freedom has been with the university since 2004, when he was rescued from Florida. He was knocked out of a ...

It can be easy to trace the roots of team names and mascots. The Cleveland Browns are named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown. The University of Dayton is named the Flyers because Orville ...

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 ...

Sports teams use mascots to boost team spirit and energize the fans. They do so, often wearing a costume with a giant cartoon head. That also creates the perfect photo opportunity. Tod Stutzman ...

Mascots are normally well-mannered, though that’s not always been the case during March Madness. In the 2006 men’s tournament, Stanford’s unofficial tree mascot was ejected for not leaving ...

Meldrum, who retired from the National Park Service in 2016, donates his wares for sale at the Cades Cove Visitor Center and the Great Smokies Welcome Center in Townsend, both in Tennessee.

The 2025 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness is an all-wheel-drive compact crossover that has been upgraded and enhanced to be the most rugged and off-road capable Crosstrek in the lineup—that’s ...

FREEBURG, Ill. – A long-standing mascot tradition in Freeburg, Illinois, could soon come to an end, as a new bill in the Illinois General Assembly would ban school mascots that reference ...

DOWNEY — The Downey City Council is set to discuss tonight the creation of an official city mascot, an initiative aimed at fostering community engagement and celebrating the city’s aerospace history.

Baylor University bear mascot Judge Sue Sloan, known as “Lady,” beloved sister of the late Judge “Joy” Reynolds and cherished member of the Baylor Family, passed away peacefully today surrounded by ...