Word: cougar
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...mascot. Officials hope that their newly buff diamondback Terrapin turtle, Testudo, will put a little fear in the hearts of opposing sports teams. Temple and Brigham Young universities also recently toughened up their sports icons (the former's owl symbol is now in attack mode, and the latter's cougar was made fiercer). Redesigns can flop, but so far these seem to be paying off. Brigham Young associate athletic director Duff Tittle says that after the new icon was introduced, "our merchandise sales went through the roof...
...just because so much of this book has the hurtling pace and alert eye of good fiction. So did Morris' Pulitzer prizewinning first volume, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. That account was as robust and vivid as Teddy himself--probably the last President to have knifed a cougar...
...John Cougar Mellancamp's "Wild Night" [featuring Me'shell Ndegeocello]. Does it really need an explanation...
...typically strong second half, the Crimson pounded away at the Cougar defense...
Harvard was denied an apparent goal with seven minutes remaining in the period. Ripmaster booted a free kick from outside the Cougar box that was headed past the BYU goalkeeper by sophomore forward Colleen Moore. The referee, however, whistled the play dead, contending that Moore had been offsides...