5/26/10

Brutal golf lessons

From the moment you see the instructions, it's pretty obvious where this one's headed, but it doesn't stop it from being funny:

5/24/10

Neither the bark not the bite seem to be effective for Maddie

The NY Liberty's Maddie is trying to intimidate a member of the Atlanta Dream, but she's not getting much traction. Thanks to Sportsmagazine.com

5/22/10

Mascot softball

Some absolutely shocking fielding, particularly by the raccoon at first base, in this all-mascot softball match-up:



Part 2 has a great play at home plate, some woeful baserunning and even a wardrobe malfunction:

5/19/10

Shocking penalty-taking by Waddney

A sequence of three, abysmal penalties by Waddney, with Yeovil's Jolly Green Giant between the sticks:





Toby Tyke stresses important of two-footedness

Toby shows this young footballer that it's important to work on both feet. The rest of the video's boring, by the way:

5/11/10

Thriller LSU style

Mike the Tiger and friends remake the Thriller video; mascot feet certainly make the moonwalking easier:

5/9/10

If only mascot races had black flags...

A quick search of "Teddy Roosevelt" in the Mascot Hijinks vault will return many, many episodes of flagrant cheating in mascot races. In this tricycle head-to-head, the Giants' Lou Seal shows the A's Stomper that foul play is just as rampant on the West Coast:

5/8/10

The dark side of Tim Lincecum

Sam the Minuteman visited the ESPN studio and gracefully agreed to sit on the dunk tank while Tim Lincecum tried to take him down. The reigning Cy Young winner was far from his best, but is that an excuse for what came next? Mascot Hijinks doesn't think so:

5/4/10

Mascot wrestling 2

On the heels of his rigorous training regime, Lou Seal takes on all comers in this bruising Battle Royale. Lou's even confident enough to execute a brutal vertical splash from the top turnbuckle.

All the while, the A's Stomper officiates assiduously:

Mascot wrestling 1

In anticipation of an upcoming Battle Royale, Giants' mascot Lou Seal decides to learn wrestle. The Phanatic is his adversary:

Broxi Bear Celebration Ended Abruptly by Teammate

Broxi Bear celebrates back-to-back titles for Rangers. Forward Kyle Lafferty, who had an awful season for Rangers, gets in on the action:

5/1/10

More trouble for perennial struggler Teddy

Yes, he never wins the President's race (just search for Teddy Roosevelt on Mascot Hijinks). This time, it's Oliver Onion's turn to be the spanner in the works:

Bango's knee surgery

Previously, Mascot Hijinks reported about this bizarre groin alley-oop involving Bango, rounded off by said Buck inelegantly tumbling through the basket. Oh how we laughed.

Until, that is, Mascot Hijinks discovered that Bango tore his ACL falling through the basket. Here's the heartwarming tale of his surgery. Look how vulnerable Bango looks throughout this:



As it happens, even post surgery, Bango refuses to lose his sense of humour:

Ladder dunking not as young as you might think

Bango has attracted much attention for his superb ladder dunk, but he certainly wasn't the first. Squatch, the [former franchise] Supersonics' mascot, was apparently the first, though he didn't tease the crowd the way Bango did:



Thanks to Thunder, Bango wasn't even the second to attempt such a dunk, though he was the second to experience the sweet scent of success: