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.

Penn State’s longtime mascot is a common mountain lion, the kind that roamed the mountains near the school’s State College campus until the late 19th century. One of the Nittany Lions ...

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 ...