A rumor had seeped out that Handsome Dan H, Yale's mascot, had been kidnapped. A bulldog, clutched by two young men with caps pulled low over their eyes, had reportedly been seen in a Chrysler ...

The earliest recording of a mascot is believed to be from a football game between Harvard and Yale in 1894 when a live bear cub was on the sideline. For Notre Dame, it started using an Irish ...

He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @derekgxiao. Yale mascot Handsome Dan, pictured here at last year's Harvard–Yale game in New Haven, has yet to see the ...

Image caption, Handsome Dan has been a mainstay of Yale college sports since the end of the 19th Century. Football clubs in the UK often have mascots connected to the club crest. Crystal Palace ...