The Trail Blazers basketball team has a new mascot

 (MARCH 17, 2023) The Trail Blazers are a professional sports team in Portland. They play basketball. 

The Trail Blazers have a new mascot. A mascot is an animal, person, or thing. Teams have them for good luck. They also get a lot of attention for the team.

The new mascot's name is Douglas Fur. It looks like Bigfoot. Bigfoot is a large creature. It looks like a person, but it has hair on its whole body. Some people think it lives in the forests of Oregon, Washington, and Canada. It's a legend. It's probably not real.

The new mascot wears a plaid shirt like a hipster. A hipster is usually a young person. They like to be different than other people.

The name of the mascot rhymes with the name of an Oregon tree. Douglas Fur sounds like Douglas fir.

Douglas Fur is the team's second mascot. Its first mascot is Blaze the Trail Cat. Now the two work together to make the basketball games more fun.

Sources: 
“PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS and BLAZE the TRAIL CAT REVEAL NEW MASCOT – DOUGLAS FUR.” Www.nba.com, www.nba.com/blazers/news/portland-trail-blazers-and-blaze-the-trail-cat-reveal-new-mascot-douglas-fur. Accessed 15 Mar. 2023.
Photo from the Portland Trail Blazers news release on its website.
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