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FanIQ.com - 11/21/2008

Clutch The Bear Is The Funniest Mascot In The NBA

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Clutch the Bear is Houston's inflatable bear mascot. Clutch also has a series of Youtube videos of him just scaring people called "Beware the Bear". Here is Clutch's latest video. In this one he stands motionless next to a contest table, allowing people to think that it ...

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FanIQ.com - 11/20/2008

Funniest Sports Headline Ever

— FanIQ.com — As someone who's been involved in journalism for a fair amount of time, I'm well aware that occasionally some rather dirty sounding headlines will unintentionally slip through. However, I don't know how in God's name this one ever made it onto a legit ... (more) Funniest Sports Headline Ever

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youtube.com - 11/20/2008

Houston Rockets Air Clutch in Beware of the Bear (video)

— youtube.com — Another adventure with Air Clutch from the Houston Rockets. (more) Houston Rockets Air Clutch in Beware of the Bear (video)

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basketbawful.blogspot.com - 11/20/2008

Beware of the Bear

— basketbawful.blogspot.com — You might remember Clutch the Bear, Houston's adorable inflatable mascot (one of them anyway), who once gobbled up and then regurgitated an entire cheerleader . Well, Clutch's continuing misadventures had him scaring people...with hilarious results ... (more) Beware of the Bear

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Houston Rockets

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Clutch The Bear May Be The Coolest Mascot Ever
Hail Mary Jane — I first saw this video last year during the playoffs and I didn't get a chance to post it. If you have seen it than you get a chance to laugh some more at it, if you haven't than you can thank me later. This is a video of the Rockets mascot "Clutch the Bear" terrorizing fans, in the end he gets his though. That should just go to show you that what goes around comes around and it's not wise to scare everyone. Just the elderly, the frail, and the nerdy. Here is a video of him scaring employees of the Rockets and again, someone doesn't take too kindly to it and kicks him where it hurts. ...

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With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop — This is a semi-regular thing that the Houston Rockets organization does: they have their mascot Clutch the Bear stand still for a while, then have him scare passersby who think he’s an inflatable dummy.  These videos — I’ve seen a few of them now — get old really fast. And that’s what makes this one so much better.  By the end of the video, Clutch is getting kicked in the balls by kids and punched by adults.  It’s probably staged, but whatever, man.  Mascots getting their asses kicked always cheers me up.  It’s why I make my girlfriend wear a Phillie Phanatic ...