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Two collegiate mascots from the Hoosier state need your votes to be enshrined in the National Mascot Hall of Fame in northern Indiana.

“We’ll always hold the door open for you, Kate,” Wawa tweeted. “I wouldve loved to be the one to take kate winslets hand & gently guide it to unlock the wawa secret menu touch screen,” another Twitter user said. “Kate Winslets reaction to Wawa is the correct one. I am prepared to fight about this,” another wrote. Struggle to learn Delco accent  The Academy Award-winning actress, who was born in England, said in an interview at the CTAM Winter 2021 Press Tour panel on the “Mar...

If you caught this weekends episode of Saturday Night Live, you know that it wasnt the strongest episode, however, one sketch clearly stole the show because it absolutely nailed what we love about our friends to the West of us. The sketch, called "Murdur Durdur" was a trailer for a faux true-crime series that takes place in the Philly area. Its actually a spoof of the show "Mare of Easttown" (thanks for the heads up on that, Deadline), but even without knowing that, I still got a good laugh fr...

Missoula Gets Introduced to Paxton the PaddleHead You have to have a good mascot if youre a sports team. Everybody loves watching the costumed characters entertain when theres a break in the action. Some are just as popular and well known as the teams they entertain for - like the Philly Phanatic, Mr. Met, or the Oregon Duck. I always thought it would be fun to be a mascot. You can entertain the masses, make a kids day by giving a simple high five, and go crazy with your over-the-top dance move...

Comments Derik Hamilton/Associated Press It was September 2018, and neither Philadelphia nor the world had any idea what was about to be unleashed.  The Philadelphia Flyers like to say this was around the time they found an orange creature that had been living under the bleachers of the Wells Fargo Center. But the real story of how the hockey club ended up with an accidental sensation goes back to earlier in the year, when the neighboring Eagles returned home from their Super Bowl 52 win.  Th...

If the phrase Reality is, though, that legends do die, and the world of baseball lost Lasorda, the longtime Dodgers manager and all-around Los Angeles icon, at the age of 93 on Thursday. Tommy was a legend in every sense of the word. He racked up a record of 1,599-1,439 as a manager, won World Series titles in 1981 and 1988 and earned four National League pennants and eight division titles during his 20-year (1976-1996) managing tenure with the Dodgers. Sign Up for Greater Olean Newsletter Ou...

Tommy Lasorda, RIP [with comment by Paul] Growing up in the LA area in the 1970s, I bled Dodger blue and loved Tommy Lasorda, who was a welcome upgrade in enthusiasm over the somnambulistic Walter Alston (though I gather Alston is considered to have been a great baseball manager—I’ll leave it to Paul for the final verdict). That was back when baseball offered continuity from season to season before free agency ran wild and scrambled lineups every year. One constant of my early adulthood was...

We have all these candidates running for president confronted about reparations. and martha maccallum makes her waters will debut. >> greg: weve got two minutes in the show. >> juan: we find out they are more look-alikes running around. take a look at this video. >> wow! who is that? >> cookie monster! >> martha: that toddler mistook grady, the philadelphia flyers mascot, for the cookie monster. gritty, hes known for terrifying people. we dont need "hobbs and shaw" movie tough guys, but what hap...

>> martha: that toddler mistook grady, the philadelphia flyers mascot, for the cookie monster. gritty, hes known for terrifying people. we dont need "hobbs and shaw" movie tough guys, but what happened to my favorite mascot philly phanatic? >> greg: ive got jonathan moore, ive got joe devito, 10:00 p.m., august 24th but watch it or i will kill you! lets do it. ♪ animals are great i want to save time. this is going to be a very short video because nothing is better than a dog singing van halen....

Bird. dave, im not sure of the strategy for the flyers. the philly phanatic is one of the greatest in sports. this guy? >> the eyes popping out of the head. we could do without. andy scholes. thank you. romans. thanks. by washington standards, this is a wild week and it is only tuesday. the presidents supreme court nominee takes to television to defend himself and after a week of controversy, will rod rosenstein keep his job? he will find out soon. otezla is not a cream. its a pill that treats...