Hooped Up

Before Larry Sanders scared Dwight Howard with a career-high 21 points. The Bucks mascot ‘Bango‘ put a fright into Dwight with the old statue trick. The Lakers also lost, so I image Kobe scared Howard after the game in the locker room too. Overall, Milwaukee was nightmareville for him.

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Russell Westbrook and the Thunder were on a 13-2 run against Denver and Russy wasn’t having any part of ANY thing with a Nuggets logo on it scoring a basket. Including Rocky the Nuggets mascot who he blocked twice. Denver, say hello to the bad guy.

If you invite Indiana Pacers mascot Boomer to do a halftime dunk expo, you better have backboard insurance as the folks in attendance at the New Palestine vs. Triton Central basketball game found out. I love the crowds reaction to the game ending on account of there only being one baskets standing. They’re all like “F*CK YEAH AMERICA!” and slapping high fives. Awesome!

This is the full version of the Benny the Bull Flash Mob video I posted back in October that gave CTA train commuters a ride to work they will not soon forget.

It’s just a typical day in Chicago when Benny The Bull Rides the train with his boombox and everybody brings their own Benny the Bull head and jams out. Duh!

A simple yet cool poster of “Crunch,” the Minnesota Timberwolves mascot created by Justin Tvete from Minneapolis, MN.

See more of his work here.

Swearing like a Drugstore Cowboy keeps Jazz coach Jerry Sloan young, the Utah mascot “Jazz Bear” creates an office swear jar. Edited hilarity ensues.

During the off-season, NBA teams don’t even want their players riding mopeds because of the terrible injuries that can occur when one is cruise very slowly on their Vespa. NBA mascots on the other hand are encouraged to go out and practically kill themselves each summer because at the end of the day kids love it when characters risk life and limb to make them laugh.

Watch Benny the Bull jump out of an airplane, Bumble the Bison handle sharp objects, Hip-Hop command the high seas and Rocky become a knight. Good times!