Arizona’s Grand Canyon, also playing in the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments, started its Antelope nickname in 1949, later ...

For a school in the Midwest, a kangaroo is a unique mascot. What's the story behind Akron being the Zips, and the history of ...

It, of course, harkens back to Akron’s rubber history. The name was cribbed from the metal fasteners on B.F. Goodrich-brand galoshes. After all, zippers were just invented the decade before.

Akron's nickname originally was the Zippers, named after popular 1925 rubber galoshes with metal fasteners sold by tire manufacturer B.F. Goodrich. The school's athletic director shortened the ...