The Mount Diablo Unified School District board in the Bay Area of California has made a costly decision to do away with Concord High School’s long-standing “Minutemen” mascot. Some members of the school district were concerned about the mascot “showcasing a firearm” while others wanted a mascot that is gender inclusive.
A&W Root Beer pulled off a believable troll on Tuesday after making it seem as if it would stand as the latest brand to succumb to societal pressures, announcing its intention to add pants to its cartoon mascot of a bear due to the “polarizing” nature of his natural state.
Two time NBA champion Lamar Odom intimated this week he believes the Phoenix Suns’ gorilla mascot is racist, saying such animals are not found in the desert.
Philadelphia police announced on Monday that they will not pursue charges against Flyers mascot “Gritty” for the alleged assault of a child during a photoshoot.
Students at the University of Miami want the school’s mascot to smoke a “Juul” vaporizer instead of a pipe, according to a new petition circulating on social media.
Native American Studies lecturer Oscar Monge has claimed San Diego State University’s Aztec mascot is racist, but a new state investigation has found that Monge himself has used racist slanders against white, black and Native American students at the school.
A Utah man launched a petition Friday to change the mascot of a newly-constructed high school because he thinks the name would invite dirty jokes.
San Diego State University’s Senate voted overwhelmingly to kill the school’s popular Aztec mascot on the grounds that it is culturally insensitive.
An Indian tribe in California supports a local school’s use of the “Redskins” mascot that California legislators want to ban.
The Minnesota Vikings find themselves in an unusual contract dispute that keeps one of the team’s most cheered performers off the sidelines rather than off the field.
The Massillon Washington High School Tigers playing their opening game of the season sans their live tiger cub mascot “Obie” on the sidelines might be like going to a Phillies game and not seeing the Phanatic, a USC football game not seeing Tommy Trojan, maybe as bad as going to Kentucky Fried Chicken with no Colonel Sanders.
Syracuse University, as part of its self-imposed postseason prohibition, banned Otto the Orange from the Atlantic Coast Conference’s annual mascot basketball game on Thursday. Of the ACC’s 15 team mascots, Otto was the only one absent during halftime of the
