The New Orleans Pelicans announced Monday that the team's mascot, Pierre, will undergo reconstructive surgery after "suffering a broken beak" by running into a basket stanchion while playing pick ...

The brown pelican is the state bird and it adorns both the state flag and state seal. New Orleans also had a Double-A minor league baseball known as the Pelicans for more than 70 years.

Since his introduction at the beginning of the season, the New Orleans Pelicans' mascot, Pierre, has haunted the dreams of everyone who's crossed his path, ... The beak is friendly, not demonic.

In 2014, the team announced that Pierre the Pelican had injured his beak while playing in a pickup game with other NBA mascots. He suffered a broken beak when fouled by Grizz, mascot of the ...

NBA%27s New Orleans franchise will become the Pelicans after this ... But the logo and color scheme ... The logo depicts a menacing pelican, wings spread, with a basketball under its beak, ...

METAIRIE, La. -- The New Orleans Pelicans now have uniforms to go with a new team name, emblems and color scheme the NBA franchise released earlier this year. The club, which competed as the ...

“It is possible that this pelican had fishing line that caused the beak fracture in the first place, but we’re not 100% sure — all we know is that he had a fracture on the lower right side ...