The more than 11,000 runners who will line up for the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Sunday will have a new challenge to contend with besides blisters, bloody nipples and bonking. There’s a good ...

Slate contributor Emily Yoffe describes her recent experience as a college sports mascot — the inflatable, 10-foot-tall "Big George" mascot for George Washington University. The players at the Rose ...

Dollar Dog Night at Citizens Bank Park nearly turned into an episode of The Wire on Monday when the Phillie Phanatic pumped a high-caliber hot dog into some poor sap in a pig costume. The porcine ...