"The mascot will play a key ambassadorial role in the next two years. I’m sure he will inspire many young football fans in Brazil and all over the world with the great passion which he has for ...

Football mascots can always be relied to bring a bit ... would agree), and the adorable shelled critters can be found in Brazil, hosts of the 2014 World Cup. Specifically a Brazilian three-banded ...

For King Faisal, a 20-year-old winger from Ghana, the invitation to move to Brazil to play football is easily summed up: "It ...

A pig’s head was thrown onto the pitch in one of football’s biggest derbies – more than two ... that occurred as Corinthians ...

Brazil's Palmeiras adopted the pig as their mascot years ago, after rival fans taunted them with the term. Monday's incident occurred in the first half of Brazil's most intense derby, when Palmeiras ...

The finals of the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana are dominated by Brazilian teams again this year, the rest of the ...

But the pair was too dangerous to keep around, and save for a few short-lived trials, Michigan has existed without a mascot ever since. The Duck’s story starts similarly, with a live duck named ...

Blue, the equine mascot of the Indianapolis Colts, has a checkered history when it comes to exhibition games against pee wee football teams. Despite being a horse, he is the very definition of ...

Thunder is a purebred Arabian gelding that acts as the club's mascot. Following every Denver Broncos touchdown, Thunder displays his impressive canter from one end zone to the other. Thunder, provided ...

In case anyone forgot it’s the end of October and Halloween is a few days away, the Minnesota Golden Gophers’ mascot was happy to remind them. Saturday during Minnesota’s dominant 48-23 win ...

Georgia has been using a live mascot since Uga I ("Hood's Ole Dan") in 1956, the grandson of the bulldog that accompanied the football team to its 1943 Rose Bowl victory. Story continues below.