Behind the Mascot:8 Great Stories About Strange Named Teams

mentalfloss.com — Your favorite sports team or alma mater’s mascot is probably some sort of big cat or bird of prey, and that’s fine. However, there are quite a few more esoteric mascot choices out there, like a color of a certain disposition or a set of punctuation marks, all of which can still cause fans to well up with pride. Jan 3, 2008 View in Crawl 4