Just how competitive, dangerous and sweaty is the real world of sports mascots? Judging from director Christopher Guest's new Netflix comedy Mascots (in iPic theaters and streaming Thursday), the ...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama --It was time to go. Pretty soon, Babe Ruff and Lillie Mays would need to be on a truck riding around the Regions Field warning track on Aug. 2. But the "Barons" logo on Babe ...

The New York Times for Kids goes inside the sweaty, funny, heartfelt world of high school mascots. Jayden Youngblood, 15, plays Buster the Bulldog, the mascot for his high school in Austin, ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. That was the thinking when the Detroit Tigers used their ...

FAIRBANKS — Many people have donned the University of Alaska Fairbanks bear suit. Its fur has been ratty and sweaty, new and custom-made, and hugged by hundreds and hundreds of children. Now there are ...

Countless students have stepped into the current Chesty Lion suit at Lawrence High School, leaving behind years of sweat and grime. Its eyes are cracked and its teeth are broken. And the scent?

Ken Haag was getting worried. The Syracuse University senior was taking his turn as Otto the Orange, and he was trapped inside a private box in the Carrier Dome, surrounded by curious fans during a ...

With one obscene gesture last week, Mr. Met went from flipping a bird to flipping burgers. Here's the thing, though: Team mascots are seen as cartoon characters, but there is complex character behind ...