The Toronto Star gives us more information on everyone’s favorite mascot and OHL team:
The Steagle has landed
TV host Colbert lifts the Spirit of OHL team and a struggling city, by Sunaya Sapurji
Feb 01, 2007 04:30 AMSAGINAW, Mich.–Steagle Colbeagle, like any good eagle, puts his plush yellow pants on one talon at a time.
It’s hockey night in Saginaw and the mini-mascot of the Ontario Hockey League’s Spirit is preparing to greet his fans.
It’s a big task for the cherubic 13-year-old inside the suit, a skinny 5-footer who says he has dropped 10 pounds since he began making frequent public appearances as the eagle.
“The actual suit itself ain’t that bad, it’s just the head – it gets really hot. They have a fan in there but it only works half the time.”
The boy – and the 12-year-old who shares the role – can’t be named because the team wants to preserve their anonymity.
Steagle is, after all, representing The Colbert Report, a hit Comedy Central news show spoof, and its brash, ultra-American, ultra-conservative host, Stephen Colbert.
“It’s really cool, I think Stephen Colbert is awesome,” says the 12-year-old Steagle.
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Anyone heard from that editor of the local paper who thought Stephen was going to ruin the Spirit?
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Good question, Jennie. (That would have been the piece Bill Cornish – the Saginaw News copy editor – ran last October called “Fake news pundit doesn’t help, could hurt Spirit”, since archived, in case anyone wants to know.) I ran a quick search for more recent articles, but I don’t have any results yet from that admittedly cursory check. If I have time later, maybe I can do some more digging.
If anyone else knows, though, feel free to shoot us a tip. Thanks!
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