Zampa defeats Stamford

Earlier, Mascot Hijinks reported about Stamford the Lion's sterling efforts for a good cause in the London Marathon. According to Yahoo, it turns out that Milwall's Zampa the Lion was not only the fastest feline mascot, but the fastest mascot overall!

Sadly, not quite fast enough for the Guiness World Record, but for some of the other smashing (ha!) records, click here.

Mascot Hijinks is also happy to report that Zampa was also raising money for a good cause too; more info here.

Bango powers to victory

Top-scoring with 2 points in a 2-0 victory, Bango lead his team of mascots from the front. This is despite blatant fouls by one of the Miller sausages and Bernie the Brewer going uncalled as Bango shapes for the layup:

Shani Davis and Sparky

Local pride.

Bango reminds Atlanta Hawks fans to "Fear the deer"

This could almost be a WWE audition:

High-wire dunk by Bango

Thanks to Deadspin for bringing our attention to Bango's athleticism:

Benny the politician

Benny gets down and dirty in the fight for office:

Baxter's not messing around

He always seemed like such a nice boy, but as Mr. Met found out, appearances can be deceiving: