In Part One we looked at mascot turned comedian Sadiki Fuller. Today we catch up with another former NBA mascot who is applying his unique skills out of costume.

Mark Odgers was the New Jersey Nets mascot Sly for a couple years in the late 90′s before removing the mask and stepping out into the [...]

Occasionally I get the question about what mascot performers do after they retire from dressing up in fur costumes. As many of you know many of these poor souls have no marketable skills and are forced to do whatever they can to get by.

I thought this week I would share two stories of former [...]

Today we have closed the nominations for the 2007 Best of Gameops.com awards. Thank you to everyone who had submitted nominations.

I have already started to talk to several panelists and have been getting great feedback.

In 2007 we also will be introducing a new trophy for the winners, which will be introduced on December 1st [...]

Just an early look at one of the categories for 2007:   Best Mascot

The rest of the 2007 Best of Gameops.com awards will be posted on December 1st.

-Cudo

Working with a lot of vendors and manufacturers I get a lot (emphasis on a lot) of emails, faxes and mailings hyping new products and ideas. Some good, some bad, but not many as interesting as this one.This from a manufacturer of those wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube men, comes this new Jesus [...]

I added a new page to our YouTube Page:  The Goal Song page.  I have about a half dozen included on there.  I actually found a few others, but it was all from the same user who was using the same song and just changing the image (which wasn’t that interesting or informative).

That is [...]