Arizona’s Grand Canyon, also playing in the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments, started its Antelope nickname in 1949, later ...

It either occurred in 1905, after a newspaper cartoon said the South Dakota football team “was as quick as Jackrabbits,“ or in 1907 after a school yearbook poem changed the publication’s ...

March Madness Mascots Take Center Stage During NCAA Men's and Women's Tournaments Fans navigating the dozens of schools in the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments might become as ...

Fans navigating the dozens of schools in the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments might become as attached to the mascots as the athletes themselves. Furry, animated characters used as ...