Mascot Watch

Scottsdale Community College

Mascot: Artie Artichoke

What's happening: The Arizona college is beefing up the logo image of its favorite vegetable.

The details: The team's nickname is the Fighting Artichokes, and Doug Madoski, head football coach at Scottsdale, says redoing Artie's old logo is intended to "toughen him up a little, and make him stronger, a little meaner, and a little more athletic."

Artie was born in 1972, when the students shocked the administration

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