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This is a list of mascots. A mascot is any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name.
A bird-like mascot, probably a golden pheasant. [2] 1995: Sweden: Fiffi: A Viking. [1] 1999: United States: Nutmeg: A fox. [1] 2003: United States (none) There was no mascot because of the tournament's sudden moving from China to the US, amidst the SARS outbreak. [1] Hua Mulan was initially the mascot, but was later scrapped until 2007 due to ...
The UEFA European Football Championship for men has featured mascots since 1980. The first mascot was Pinocchio, for the UEFA Euro 1980 in Italy. [1] Since then, every tournament has had a mascot except for the UEFA Euro 2008 and UEFA Euro 2012, that both had two. The mascots are mostly targeted at children, with cartoon shows and other ...
A club's mascot is a cartoon character, often that of an animal, that symbolises some virtue boasted by the team. Most of them have proper names. Usually mascots come in two versions, a "soft" one, which is the official and a "hardcore" one used by ultras and torcidas, which often contain traces of vulgarity or violence. [6]
Chomps is a dog-like figure, based on the team's Dawg Pound section at Cleveland Browns Stadium; Swagger Jr. is a bull mastiff who serves as the Cleveland Browns' newest mascot starting with the 2019 season. Denver Broncos: Miles, Thunder II: Miles is a white, horse-like anthropomorphic figure wearing an orange jersey; Thunder II is an Arabian ...
The women's attire began to liken the themes of their team mascots. Take a look at this Oakland Raiders cheerleader on the sidelines during Super Bowl XI in 1977. SUPER BOWL XI Oakland Raiders v ...
The addition of "ette" or "Lady" to team nicknames angers some proponents of women's athletics, who call their use sexist — and comes across as a tired anachronism to many 21st century girls ...
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