George Moon has to be the only person in history who scuba dove and discovered … a Minor League Baseball team. It was 34 years ago this summer. Moon, a resident of nearby Summit Township, was explorin ...

Besides being a fan, John Oliver has had a certain affinity for minor-league baseball. On Saturday night, the comedian and ...

HBO host John Oliver played bat boy, public address announcer, concession stand worker and more Saturday at UPMC Park. Relive his Erie experience through this timeline.

How the Erie Moon Mammoths came to be: Inside the ‘Last Week Tonight’ rebrand of SeaWolves Here’s what we know so far about the new giant purple mammoth.

An Erie business is capitalizing on the excitement over the SeaWolves’ new name. Andora’s Bubble has started selling a Blue Moon Mammoth. It's their blue moon drink with a cookies and cream topping.

Last Week Tonight host John Oliver revealed the new name for Minor League Baseball's Erie SeaWolves, rebranding it to the Erie Moon Mammoths.

What is a Moon Mammoth? The 2012 report on News 8 Today was following up on the 1991 discovery of a fragile collection of bones from an extinct woolly mammoth found in Lake Pleasant, near Erie.

He was joined by a Moon Mammoth mascot, Fuzz E. Mammoth, an electric purple take on the prehistoric creature wearing an astronaut helmet. “As it turns out, you can’t keep a good mammoth down,” the ...

Ultimately, Oliver and his crew settled on the Moon Mammoths, named in part for recreational scuba diver George Moon — who still lives in Erie — after he randomly unearthed the fossil of a woolly ...

The result? A purple-themed woolly mammoth donning an astronaut helmet, set to make its debut when the Sea Wolves transform into the Moon Mammoths for one special game on July 19.