His designer had just one night to prepare a plan for submission. The official mascot for the second Winter Olympics was a snowman that wore a Tyrolean hat from the Innsbruck region of Austria. Lake ...

The Penn State student section chants for the Nittany Lion at every home game. Not every mascot is a gem and a hit that lives on for generations. Some are downright weird and, truth be told ...

Dan D. Lion is the mascot of the Paralympic Games of New York 1984, wearing jogging clothes with the logo of the Games and a pair of running shoes. The Paralympic mascot of the New York 1984 Games, ...

The final two options were projected onto a screen to a steady drum beat. Suddenly, the mascot of a lion emerged, a lion flag waved, as students cheered and streamers rained down. At Thursday’s ...

REUTERS/Daniel Munoz/File Photo At first, it looked like an April Fool’s Day joke when the Australian white ibis emerged as a contender to become the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games mascot.

The Olympics are on the horizon, learn about the history of the Olympic mascots and why they have become so iconic. Take your marks, get set and take on the ultimate Olympic mascot quiz!

Ren-G are shishi — sacred lion-like creatures believed to ... Miraitowa and Someity are the official mascots for the Summer Olympics and Paralympics of Japan 2020. Both characters have ...

A woman interacts with the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics mascot Bing Dwen Dwen. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse Bing Dwen Dwen, the official mascot of the Beijing Winter Games, has become an international ...