Deadspin: Benny The Bull

Hot New Trend Sweeping Through Suburban Chicago: Beating The Crap Out Of Mascots

David Matthews — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:45:00 EDT

Have you heard? Anybody who's anybody knows that the coolest thing to do now—at least in the lawless cesspool of the northwest suburbs of Chicago—is to beat up a mascot at an amusement park. Random assault fever—catch it! More »

Benny The Bull Goes On Jerry Springer, Fights Rival Bull Over Woman

David Matthews — Sun, 09 May 2010 14:45:00 EDT

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For some reason, Benny the Bull, he of the reckless high-fives and sheriff punches, went on Springer recently and learned that his woman-friend was stepping out on him with another mascot. Metaphors and interpretations welcome below. [Pippen Ain't Easy] More »

Raging Bull: More Trouble For Chicago's NBA Mascot

rickchand — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:45:39 EDT

As we learned with this whole ugly Isiah Thomas thing, every NBA owner has his tipping point. Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf just may have reached his. It's the story you've heard so many times before: Colorful Bulls mascot Benny the Bull is being sued by an oral surgeon for an aggressive high-five that may have seriously injured the man's shoulder at a Bulls' game. More »

Benny The Bull: Free At Last!

rickchand — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:45:51 EDT

Displaying the kind of investigative moxie that could have kept us out of this whole Iraq mess, the Chicago Sun-Times dug into Thursday's Benny the Bull T-shirt assault story and discovered that Benny had been wrongly accused! On Thursday it was reported that Benny — the costumed mascot for the Bulls — shot the Celtics' Kevin Garnett and James Posey from behind with a T-shirt gun. And since Benny had a record, we all believed it. But it just wasn't so, said the Bulls. More »

Benny The Bull Will Put A Cap In Your Ass

rickchand — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:10:10 EDT

When talking about illegal mascot shenanigans, no one, of course, beats the drunken exploits of the Stanford Tree. But running a close second is Benny the Bull, the only NBA mascot with a criminal record for battery on a police officer. On Tuesday he was at it again, shooting the Celtics' Kevin Garnett and James Posey from behind with a T-shirt gun. Seems a bit unwise to me. More »

Hasn't Benny The Bull Suffered Enough?

rickchand — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:40:01 EST

First of all, fighting a giant inflatable version of yourself is nothing unique; I have that dream about every other night. Secondly, you're the Chicago Bulls mascot ... the fact that your girlfriend is sleeping around is the least of your problems. More »