Mascots

Which Other Olympic Mascots Could Italian Stoats Tina And Milo Slaughter In Cold Blood?

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Apologies to all otters, ferrets, badgers, ferret-badgers, weasels, fishers, polecats, wolverines, martens, and grisons, but the mustelid of the moment is the stoat. The mascots of the 2026 Winter Olympics are a pair of sibling stoats named Milo (short for Milano) and Tina (short for Cortina). Tina is white, just like stoats in the winter, … Read more

How College Mascots Conceal Their Identity And Their Ass

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This piece was originally published on FOIAball, a new publication covering college football programs using this country’s robust Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) laws. If you like this story, consider becoming a FOIAball subscriber and receive a 33 percent early bird discount. Xenophon’s Constitution of the Lacedaemonians, which delineated the foundational tenets of Spartan society during … Read more