Rent a costume, throw a high schooler in it for the summer and bada bing, bada boom — you’ve got yourself a mascot,” writes Robin Epley.

The late heavyweight champion George Foreman once laid down a hilarious mock punch on the Houston Rockets mascot, Clutch.

You get the hint. Why then is the University of Akron known as the Zips, and why would the school have the kangaroo Zippy as a mascot? The story hops around more than a pouched marsupial in Australia.

The city of Rancho Cordova approved a plan to create a city mascot, which seeks to increase the region’s branding and ...

The excitement got the best out of him and he ran to Clutch, the Rockets mascot, to hug him and lift him up as they both celebrated the money prize he won. As if that wasn't enough, a couple of ...