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The Toughest Job on Any Field? Being the Mascot

(Oct. 17) -- Think the odds are slim of ever playing on a pro sports team? Getting to be the mascot is even tougher. "There are only 125 positions available in the U.S.," said Erin Blank, a professional mascot who has worked for teams like the Detroit Tigers baseball team and the Washington Capitals hockey team. "You have...

Meet the New Ole Miss Mascot: Still a Rebel, More Bear-ish

(Oct. 14) -- What qualities best befit a Rebel? The University of Mississippi announced today that it had selected a successor mascot to "Colonel Reb," the confederate-identified caricature of Southern glory (Dixie) that had cheered on the school's sports teams since 1979, The Associated Press reported. University...

Why Olympic Mascots Are Always So Awful

(May 20) -- Back in 2007, the body responsible for planning London's 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics discovered there were two slight problems concerning the Olympic logo they had unveiled. One was that a televised sequence involving the logo was triggering epileptic seizures and had to be forthwith pulled from the...

UVa Mascot Almost Worse Than Team

After losing to FCS opponent William & Mary in their home opener, Virginia could have used a pep talk from Maury Ballstein. "What do we do when we fall off the horse? ... We get back on!"One week later, the same advice quite literally applies to CavMan, the Wahoos' horseback-riding sword-waver.Looks like Sabre doesn't like...

An Amazing Butt Shimmy Can't Save Your Job

The Tampa Bay Rays rose to prominence this past baseball season and reached the World Series before their year ended on a sour note by losing to the Philadelphia Phillies, but as it turns out, it won't be just Rays players and fans who finish the year with a bitter taste in their mouths. For poor Kelly Frank, the end of...

Mascots News From the Web

05/23/12 Local artists have garden club hooting with pride Source: Cedar County Republican - Stockton MO Awards for the Smoky Bear and Woodsy Owl poster contest, sponsored by the National Garden Clubs Inc., were given at the 79th annual state convention April 26, in Cape Girardeau.
05/21/12 Detroit Sports Commission introduces a mascot, but... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI The Detroit Sports Commission has a mascot for the first time.
05/21/12 'We're not entirely done yet with this thing' Source: CBS - KPIC 4 - Roseburg OR Roseburg School District Superintendent Larry Parsons is challenging the Oregon Board of Education ban, which could soon banish some local school mascots.
05/18/12 Board Bans Native American Mascots in Oregon Schools Source: ABC - KEZI 9 - Bend OR SALEM, Ore --The Oregon Board of Education voted Thursday to ban Native American mascots in Oregon schools.
05/17/12 STORY PREVIEW: Sammy's Saber Spirit Source: Shakopee Valley News - Shakopee MN Jackson Dahlke has always been interested in mascots, going back to when he was 8 years old on a Disney World trip with his dad, Jesse Anderson.

Background on Mascots

The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially (informally) includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name.

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