San Antonio Spurs: Should They Change Their NBA Mascot Like Ole Miss Did?

October 15th, 2010 by Lake Cruise Leave a reply »
What has three chins, four legs including two arms as big as legs, and a graduate degree from a university with an agricultural extension in its official name (A&M)?

If you answered by saying half the women in San Antonio, then you are correct rude boys and gals.  The Alamo City consistently ranks in the annual Top 10 Obese Cities in America.

One would think that the River Creek extension from Brooklyn Street to Pearl Brewery would provide incentive for more people to go walking to slim down.

Nope.  Even the park policemen prefer to use “river” boats instead of walking.

I wrote that the San Antonio Spurs Coyote was a symbol of a Mexican drug cartel, and it caused an outrage among mascot policemen that has yet to subside.

On the heels of my article, it was announced that the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) was changing its mascot from a caricature of a former Confederate gentleman to a black bear.

Officially called the Ole Miss Black Bear, the new face of the university could be viewed as worse than the original Ole Mississippi Rebel mascot. 

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