The 2014 Sochi, Russia, Winter Olympics have unveiled their five mascots, and for once they don’t immediately make you want to gag. We have Leopard, Polar Bear, Hare, Ray of Light and Snowflake. Sure beats the London 2012 logo, which Iran says symbolizes Zionism and is racist, and others think looks like Lisa Simpson giving [...]
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Space aliens new Olympic mascots
Every two years the world cries in agony as the latest Olympic mascots are revealed. But these may take the cake. Wenlock and Mandeville are two…well, they’re space aliens. Or Cyclopes. Or one-eyed cats. Or, as one organizer said, “droplets of steel.” OK, whatever they are, they’re hideous. Maybe not as bad as “Izzy,” but [...]
N.D. Sioux gets Native American support
I have said for years that the fight to remove Native American-inspired nicknames from sports is the endeavor of a vocal minority of Native Americans. Now a tribe of Sioux in North Dakota is suing to keep the Fighting Sioux nickname at the Univ. of North Dakota. “When you hear them announce the name at [...]
Quick hits: Magic, Rockets, Phelps, Queers
Both the Magic and the Rockets force Game 7s against the defending conference champs. Phelps finishes 2nd in his first race back, proof that marijuana does impede motor skills. University of North Dakota and NCAA cave to the demands of a minority of Native Americans and will change their mascot. Please oh PLEASE will some [...]
NCAA’s strangest, funnest mascot and band
Yes, I am biased. I’ll admit it. But for my money, the funnest mascot in the country is the Stanford Tree. While almost every other school has some mean, vicious mascot (Wildcat, Wolverine, Bear), Stanford’s mascot is a dancing inanimate object. And each year that inanimate object changes. Some years it’s a pine tree; some [...]
NCAA tournament by the mascots
One of the things I enjoy about the NCAA basketball tournament is the nicknames and mascots. With over 300 teams in Division 1 men’s basketball, there is sure to be some cross-over as well as some great unique names we don’t hear every day (or every year). There are several nicknames that made it into [...]
GB2C: Gotta love a mascot in a loin cloth
My partner and I are on a 14-day trip from New York back to Los Angeles. I’ll be posting here about the trip every couple days. Today ended four days and three nights in New Mexico, the most beautiful state we’ve visited so far. Part of that trip through the state was spent in Carlsbad, [...]