The university in 2007 retired Chief Illiniwek — called a symbol, not a mascot, by his many champions — after the NCAA found the chief to be “hostile and abusive.” ...

San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) mascot S.J. Sharkie (@officialsjsharkie) has been announced as an inductee into the 2025 ...

The San Jose Sharks have another Hall of Famer. S.J. Sharkie was among five sports team mascots inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame, the San Jose Sharks announced Tuesday. Sharkie becomes only the ...

For Loyola University Chicago, its mascot, LU Wolf, owes its existence to its namesake saint, St. Ignatius of Loyola. But this was not always what the sports teams at Loyola were associated with. Ad.

Team mascot Staley Da Bear is nominated for the 2023 Mascot Hall Of Fame induction. Fans can begin voting on the 2023 nominees on May 14. There are 18 nominees in total, and several from the NFL.

The University of Chicago donned it as early as 1898. Major League Baseball’s Reds wore it for the first time in 1905 — and still do. Cleveland’s baseball team did, too.

There are just a handful of people—on this campus or elsewhere—on whom a lanky, full-length bird costume could ever be becoming. Third-year Stephen Bonnett, to his great credit, is one of them. Since ...