Penn State’s longtime mascot is a common mountain lion, the kind that roamed the mountains near the school’s State College campus until the late 19th century. One of the Nittany Lions ...

I thought we were talking like either a real lion from Mount Nittany or the bedraggled mascot that Penn State trots out to games on Saturdays. Since actual, honest-to-goodness nittany lions could ...

With the “Big Dance” coming to an end and the Wisconsin men’s basketball team placing second in the Big Ten Tournament, it’s ...

The creature disappeared as IU's official mascot in 1969 ... Penn State game, showing a bison peering down at a Nittany Lion. For the Indiana vs. Oregon matchup, IU football's post featured ...

All mascots can be classified into different categories, and environmental ones prove to be a mixed bag of bad mascots ...