According to Xavier's website, D'Artagnan, one of the story's main characters, was based on a real person named Charles de ...

proposed D'Artagnan the Musketeer as Xavier's mascot in 1925. According to the school's athletic department website, Finn felt D'Artagnan represented Xavier's historical connection to France and ...

Catherine, Princess of Wales, has taken part in celebrations with the Irish Guards for St Patrick's Day. WATCH.

Fans navigating the dozens of schools in the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments might become as attached to the ...

At its heart, March Madness is not a spectator sport. The NCAA men's and women's tournaments are meant to be experienced viscerally—whether through your team's participation, neutral observation, or ...

Britain will host the Grand Depart of both the Tour de France and the women’s version of the race in 2027, organisers said on ...

Believe it or not, IU has tried — several times — to establish a mascot for its teams. From a failed attempt at keeping a live eagle in the 1910s, to a slack-jawed cartoon from The Walt Disney ...

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 ...

Mascots are normally well-mannered, though that's not always been the case during March Madness. In the 2006 men’s tournament, Stanford’s unofficial tree mascot was ejected for not leaving the ...