Some of the world's biggest and most powerful brands are attempting to be more cute and cuddly. Tech giants Microsoft and Apple are among a wave of businesses who have recently introduced new cartoon ...

The finalists for the new Elgin High School Maroons team mascot are a fox, a lion and watchmen, the latter a nod in part to the city’s history as the longtime home to the Elgin National Watch Co. “We ...

Lauren Bridges is sick of being a millionaire. Too bad she lives in Lenox. The high school in this well-off nook of the Berkshires has for a century shunned the Wildcats, Falcons, Bulldogs and other ...

Come fall, Elgin High School students could be rallying before the big game with a maroon raccoon as their team mascot. That’s one of the choices under consideration for a school that’s been without a ...

Buoy is throwing a party! Join us on April 4 against the Chicago Blackhawks for a night of conTROLLed chaos with some of the most beloved mascots in sports. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with puck drop set ...

The 2026 March Madness bracket features 68 teams, each with unique mascots that define their identity and fan culture. A meticulous ranking evaluates mascots not just by appearance, but by their ...

Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Jacob Kupferman / Getty, Icon Sportswire / Getty, Ric Tapia / Getty, Nur Photo / Getty Everyone has a preferred method to fill out a March Madness bracket ...

There are things in life that will make you question why you do this to yourself. Some of these are serious, others are like the completely earnest attempt to rank all 68 mascots in the 2026 NCAA ...

That’s right, everyone: With the men's bracket officially revealed, March Madness 2026 is officially HERE. And we know the next few days until the first round of the 2026 NCAA men’s tournament will be ...

The year 2026 has been a great year for those who love mascots. The Winter Olympics gave the world Tina and Milo—two cuddly stoats who saw their plush replicas fly off the shelves in Italy and beyond.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Feb, 23, 2026 — Get ready, Acorn Nation! SUNY Mascot Madness is almost here, and Oakie is gearing up to reclaim the title last captured in 2017. Voting starts March 10 in the annual ...

The pair of animals chosen as mascots of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are stoats — weasel-like creatures that are at risk because of climate change. One of them is brown and the other is ...