The Malden High School Alumni Association’s Homecoming Oct. 19 promises to be a roaring royal affair, featuring the return of a student who wore the first Nedlam the lion mascot costume 55 years ago.

Michael McDermott has recently been revealed as the Nittany Lion, the beloved Penn State mascot, in the final home game of his senior year at the college. As he prepares to finish the season, the ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The pages of his scrapbook contain the kinds of memories many college students can only dream of. There’s the photo with 40 to 50 college-aged women surrounding him on campus in ...

Mason Reber grew up watching Penn State football with his family in Beaver Stadium, and believed the Nittany Lion mascot was the best part of those games. “I thought he was a superhero,” Reber said.

Come Saturday night, Penn State football (11-1, 8-1 Big Ten) will travel to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis to face No. 1 Oregon (12-0, 9-0 Big Ten) in the Big Ten Championship Game. The Nittany ...

Perhaps the most important advance made in mascot technology was the mesh layer added behind the jutting teeth of the Penn State Nittany Lion’s headgear. With that in place, kids no longer could see ...

(WHTM)– Did you know that the Penn State Nittany Lion mascot was once banned from being on the field during football games? According to a Penn State blog titled “The Origin of the Nittany Lion,” the ...