51 responses to Jeff Plush's letter to fans on the Rapids' blog as of 10am November 5. It shows there are some passionate fans out there. Not that I ever had any doubt about that. What I do have doubts over are the very future of this club and here's why.
I have never really understood why sports trophies are given to the owners of clubs when they win championships. Click to continue reading...

Thor is one of the most recognized mascots in the USL - Photo by Jeremy Olson - www.digitalgopher.net

This Sunday at the National Sports Center, the Minnesota Thunder will play their final game of 2009, but the season is not the only thing that is coming to an end. After the final whistle, the man behind the Thunder's long-time mascot Thor will hang up his own uniform for the last time.

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1. Ajax, Hamburg, Real Madrid (current). Whose career?
2. Who is the only Dutch player to have been inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame?
3. Who were England's three goalscorers in their famous 5-1 victory against Germany in Munich?
4. Who is credited with inventing the 'elastico' trick (also known as the 'flip flap')? Click to continue reading...

AAAAHHHHHHHH I AM ARTUR BORUC AND THIS IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT MADE ME ANGRY THIS WEEK:

1. ROMANIAN RIOTS IF A FAN EVER CAME ON THE PITCH AND TRIED TO SCORE A GOAL ON ME I WOULD SNAP HIS ANKLES LIKE BREADSTICKS!!!! I WOULD ALSO LECTURE HIM ON THE DANGERS OF INVADING THE PITCH BUT THAT WOULD BE FAR LESS INTERESTING!

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This is Willy.

Willy is the mascot for Colombian side Junior Tiburon. Willy likes to hump things. A lot. And, apparently, some people aren't totally on board with Willy's hyperactive pelvic assaults.

During last weekend's match between Junior and Cucuta Deportivo, Willy thoroughly violated the opposing club's shirt, which earned him a ban from performing his duties as mascot/sex educator.

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1. Crystal Palace, Tivoli Gardens, Preston North End, Portsmouth, Southampton, Stoke City (current club). Whose career?
2. Which club has two mascots called Tynie and Teenie Tiger?
3. Brimsdown Rovers' claim to fame is that one of the world's most famous players used to play in its youth teams. Click to continue reading...

Winning Ugly Radio is back for another episode of glorious radio goodness as after a vacation to recharge his emotional batteries, our fearless leader and host Scott returns to the Winning Ugly "Studio" to once again take the reins of the show...and not a moment to soon.
What will be the fallout from last week's show? Click to continue reading...

FYI-Saturday during pre-game at various locations around the stadium as well as from the mascots, we will be giving out wrist bands with the Toshiba logo to the first 5,000 kids in the stadium. From those kids, we will select two winners at random to serve as honorary coaches of the mascot game. Click to continue reading...

Serie A is a great league, but it might have one of the worst collections of mascots in the world. Just check out the girl one. Click to continue reading...

Can someone please put the mascots for Euro 2008 out of their misery. They might be one of the worst collections of mascots ever. This video will make you hate them more and more, please UEFA stop with the mascots. Click to continue reading...

Few Mascots have the rap sheet of Fulham FC Billy the Badgers. From break dancing and delaying the start of the second half at a game to annoying the Chelski manager, Billy is always there. But if Fulham do not play better on the field Billy will be in the Fizzy Pop League next year entertaining fans in such places as Barnsley, QPR, and Crystal Palace. Click to continue reading...

They are both know as the devils, but the mascots at Manchester United and AC Milan might be separated at birth.
Manchester United's Fred the Red
AC Milan's Milanello
I'm not saying that one used the other as a base, but there look very similar. Click to continue reading...