And school legend holds that a student suggested the Nittany Lion mascot as a rival to Princeton University’s tiger. The Nittany Lions went in to halftime of the Orange Bowl up 10-3 on Notre Dame.

which have the head of a lion, body of a goat and the tail of a serpent. The two schools merged in 1989-90, and the Chimeras wisely held up as the team mascot. While the choice of mascot might ...

Not to be confused with the Crimson Tide, Roncalli Catholic has the only Crimson Pride in the nation among U.S. high schools. Its mascot is Rocky the Lion. “Discoverers” isn’t a word you see ...

The Paralympic mascot of the New York 1984 Games, Dan D. Lion, was designed by Maryanne McGrath Higgins, a local art teacher. His name was chosen through a vote by students at the Human Resources ...