Rent a costume, throw a high schooler in it for the summer and bada bing, bada boom — you’ve got yourself a mascot,” writes.

The city of Rancho Cordova approved a plan to create a city mascot, which seeks to increase the region’s branding and awareness.

This has given rise to the phenomenon of the "mascot bracket," in which the basketball ... Illinois and San Diego State, for fairly intuitive reasons, do not have school-sanctioned mascots.