ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Besides being a fan, John Oliver has had a certain affinity for minor league baseball. On Saturday night, the comedian and host of HBO's “Last Week Tonight” saw his latest crazy ...

Comedian and TV host John Oliver brought his quirky humor to minor league baseball with the debut of the Erie Moon Mammoths.

In recent months, the Dallas-based biotech firm Colossal Biosciences announced the rebirth of the long-extinct dire wolf and woolly mammoth.

In two weeks, Erie was named the winner, and six weeks later, Oliver and his staff came up with the Moon Mammoths as a franchise name and a mascot called Fuzz, a purple woolly mammoth wearing a ...

The Erie SeaWolves debuted as the Erie Moon Mammoths on Saturday — a mammoth rebranding inspired by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. John Oliver was at the ballpark for it all, as was George Moon, ...

Utah Mammoth 2025 NHL free agency grades for every signing The Utah Mammoth have made many free-agent signings this offseason, which include valuable Stanley Cup-winning experience.

John Oliver and Fuss E. Mammoth, the Moon Mammoth mascot, are driven onto the field before a game between the Chesapeake Oyster Catchers and the Erie Moon Mammoths at UMPC Park in Erie, Pa., on ...

The Last Week Tonight team dug into Erie’s history to pick Moon Mammoths, a name inspired by the 1991 discovery of woolly mammoth remains in a local lake.