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The boxing kangaroo.
The Phoenix Mercury is WNBA team in Phoenix, Arizona. Its mascot is Scorch, a purple animal that resembles a dog.
Because if your sports team is like a track and field team, then it would be fitting for the fastest land animal to be your mascot.
Benny the Bull
Panther Pride, Pantherettes, TopCats, Prancers, or Pink Panthers.
Peruna is the name of the mascot for the Southern Methodist University. The athletic team is called the mustangs. The mascot itself is a black shetland pony.
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sense of national pride.
A mascot is someone inspirational that is on the sideline or at court side in a event. He/she is basically cheering for it's hoe team.
According to this contributor's quick look around the internet, no major team has a pitbull as a mascot. Several sports team use a bulldog mascot, though.
They have a mascot because every team wants and likes to show school spirit.