Tag: mascots

Cologne’s mascot projected onto the Hoover Dam for strange new world record

(Bundesliga.com)
(Bundesliga.com)

Because the world is a strange, nonsensical place, Cologne’s crest and mascot, Hennes, were projected onto the Hoover Dam (yes, the one in the United States) to set a new Guinness World Record for largest ever projection.

But of all the things to project onto the Arizona landmark, why this? Was it part of a court settlement after Hennes was assaulted by a coworker earlier this season?

From Bundesliga.com:

Covering an area of 39,000 square metres, the logo covered practically the whole surface of the infamous American landmark. Cologne-based PR agency Oliver Schrott Kommunikation (OSK) chose the Köln logo to experiment the new powerful lighting system installed, thanks in no small way to the affinity to the club of many of the firm’s employees.

Regardless of the reason, it’s just nice to see Hennes finally get the respect he deserves.

Javier Zanetti charity match features terrifying vegetable monster mascot

Inter legend Javier Zanetti hosted a charity match in Milan, featuring greats from both Milan clubs like Bobo Vieri, Paolo Maldini, Clarence Seedorf, Pippo Inzaghi, Cristian Chivu, and Andriy Shevchenko. But in addition to all these wonderful footballers, there was an abomination of nature — some kind of vegetable monster named Foody.

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Lazio’s eagle mascot attacked by a crow in mid-air before Serie A match

(REUTERS/Max Rossi)
(REUTERS/Max Rossi)

As omens go, seeing a crow attack your mascot in mid-air before a match is the type of thing that would make you want to send everyone home immediately and try again another day. But Lazio must have been feeling brave, since they went ahead with their match against Chievo Verona even after a crow attacked their eagle mascot, Olimpia, above the Stadio Olimpico.

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Uruguay mascot tries to sneak into Brazil U-20 team’s photo, gets pushed away

(SporTV)
(SporTV)

Brazil and Uruguay played a Sul-Americano U-20 match to a scoreless draw that ended with one of the Brazilian players proving that you can still cynically waste time even after getting sent off. But before the opening kick off brought all of that nonsense, the match was won by Uruguay’s mascot with the bold and ridiculous act of trying to sneak into Brazil’s team photo.

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