Penn State’s longtime mascot is a common mountain lion, the kind that roamed the mountains near the school’s State College ...

Have you ever wondered about how Penn State adopted the Nittany Lions moniker? Check out the history as to how Penn State ...

It's a longshot, but devoted fan Robin Rose would be the fourth generation to wear a lion costume on the field ...

As the Detroit Lions as an NFL team was born in 1934, so was their mascot Bubbles the Lion. The man under the suit was Moon Baker.

Dan D. Lion is the mascot of the Paralympic Games of New York 1984, wearing jogging clothes with the logo of the Games and a pair of running shoes. The Paralympic mascot of the New York 1984 Games, ...

The nickname soon started to take off, albeit with some initial confusion. The first Nittany Lion mascot costume a student sported in 1921 was of an African lion, mane and all, which came from a ...

and since then the Nittany Lion has stuck in the hearts and minds of Penn State alums. The original mascot costume resembled an African lion, and 1921 was the first time a student wore it.