Examples :

• See Olympic Games

• Even the fake furlong is fixed
  "The venerable Mascot Grand National has been infiltrated in recent years by contestants who are bent on winning, which is hardly in the spirit of the British sport."
  (telegraph.co.uk)

  
  
  
  Mascot Grand National hit by boycott
  "It is an annual race that pits an array of furry dragons, giant farmyard animals, oversized birds, and fluffy poachers and pirates against one another...
  Dozens of competitors are boycotting the charity race because they believe it has been hijacked by "ringers". "
  (telegraph.co.uk)
  
  

  
  The Mascot Grand National 
  "is an annual race over hurdles between the mascots of various football and other sports teams. It is held at Huntingdon Racecourse in The Stukeleys near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England."
  (Wikipedia)
  
  Watch VIDEOS.
  (saffronwaldentownfc.com)

• Park Guide Is Equally Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed
  "Pearl, the product of a year-long public contest and design process, is the New York City Parks and Recreation Department’sfirst official mascot...
  Soon, she will be appearing on signs, handouts and various places all over the city’s 29,000-acre park system." 
  (cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com)

  

• List of mascots (Wikipedia)
  1 College mascots
  2 Computer mascots
  3 Commercial mascots
  4 Professional sports mascots
  5 Public service mascots
  6 Video and computer game mascots
  7 Formerly used mascots...
  
  
  Campbell Camels

• Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots: 50 States (shgresources.com)

• Mascots in the Pet Cemetery (roadsideamerica.com)
  
  

Cliparts :

31 Unbelievable High School Mascots  (mentalfloss.com)

Mascots – Clipart (k-read.net)

Listening :

• ** Katie : mascots and colors in US schools ** par Katie (Indiana, USA) - 13 septembre 2011
  Katie explains the US tradition for each school to have a mascot and/or specific colors.
  (audio-lingua.fr)

INTERACTIVE exercises :

• The Mascots Quiz
  "Love them or hate them, mascots have become an inseparable part of sports.
  How much do you know about the animals that represent our favorite teams?"
  (mentalfloss.com)

  

• College Sports: Nicknames & Mascots (funtrivia.com)

Lesson plans :

• Ronald McDonald to promote fitness - a lesson plan
  with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), communication activities, pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises." (breakingnewsenglish.com)

Webquests :

• New Mascot – a webquest (teach.fcps.net)
  • Decide on a name for your mascot
  • Decide on a slogan for the mascot
  • Write down at least 3 reasons why your mascot is the best candidate.
  • Make a campaign poster for your mascot to use to convince everyone else to vote for him.
  • Present your poster…
  
  
  
  
  

• Indian Logos and Mascots: An Honor or an Insult? – a webquest (stutzfamily.com)
  
  
  

Cereal Mascot Reunion
with  Frankenberry, Trix Rabbit,  Count Chocula, Cap'n Crunch, Tony The Tiger 
(rob-sheridan.com)