When the team's mascot, Eddie the Eagle, became sick, Pearl came off the bench and donned the bird beak and feathers for one ...

Maybe the state bird – the cardinal – would have been an option had it been picked before Akron selected its mascot in 1926. The cardinal became the state’s bird in 1933. Instead ...

When the team's mascot, Eddie the Eagle, became sick, Pearl came off the bench and donned the bird beak and feathers for one game during March Madness. He even borrowed a stepladder and stood ...