There are some who say the Tree is a stupid mascot because a mascot is supposed to be intimidating, not silly. To them, I say to consider the long game here. A bear might, at best, live around 25 ...

As Ruby Coulson gets ready to embark on her collegiate year inside the Stanford Band’s world-famous Tree mascot, it’s going to be hard to top the experience of her very first athletic event.

The Tree mascot flew out to Paris to visit the Stanford athletes at the 2024 Olympic Games, thanks in large part to Andrew Luck and his wife. SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo.

Suspensions have been relatively common for the mascot, with the most infamous example coming in 2006 when the student playing the Tree was drunk at a basketball game, with her blood alcohol level ...

The new town of University Park soon adopted the tree’s name. Stanford University’s mascot – costumed, dancing and sometimes inebriated – is a human-size replica.

SEQUIM — Keen eyes might spot a Sequim local supporting her college’s athletes at the Paris Olympics in some fun fashion. Ruby Coulson, a 2023 Sequim High School graduate, is in Paris to represent ...

Mascots are normally well-mannered, though that hasn’t always been the case during March Madness. In the 2006 men’s tournament, Stanford’s unofficial tree mascot was ejected for not leaving ...

Mascots are normally well-mannered, though that's not always been the case during March Madness. In the 2006 men’s tournament, Stanford’s unofficial tree mascot was ejected for not leaving the ...

Behave, young mascot. Mascots are normally well-mannered, though that's not always been the case during March Madness. In the 2006 men’s tournament, Stanford’s unofficial tree mascot was ...

Mascots are normally well-mannered, though that's not always been the case during March Madness. In the 2006 men’s tournament, Stanford’s unofficial tree mascot was ejected for not leaving the ...