{"id":6832,"date":"2024-04-15T01:01:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T05:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/2024\/04\/15\/utah-jazz-bear\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:57:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:57:56","slug":"utah-jazz-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/news\/utah-jazz-bear\/6832\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Jazz Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Team:<\/strong> Utah Jazz<\/h2>\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Debut Year:<\/strong> 1994<\/h2>\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Signature Move:<\/strong> Wowing audiences with outrageous stunts<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JAZZ BEAR HIGHLIGHTS 22\/23 SEASON \ud83d\udc3b | UTAH JAZZ\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LmwD2N9X-hA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Utah Jazz Bear<\/strong><strong> Trivia<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n \t<li>Since 1994, the Utah Jazz Bear has been the official mascot for the Utah Jazz.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>He is a brown bear who stands tall at 6&rsquo; feet and wears a purple jersey and headband.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Throughout his 28 years in the NBA, the Utah Jazz Bear has done more than 4,000 slam dunks, climbed over 1,100 ladders, and used over 55,000 cans of silly string to entertain Utah Jazz fans.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The Utah Jazz Bear is incredibly active in the Utah community. To date, he has provided more than 15,000 hours of service within the community, assisted more than 300 charities, and raised over $1 million for charity.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>In honor of his 20<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary, former Utah Governor Gary R. 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href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/jazz\/news\/utah-governor-declares-october-10-utah-jazz-bear-20th-anniversary-day\">https:\/\/www.nba.com\/jazz\/news\/utah-governor-declares-october-10-utah-jazz-bear-20th-anniversary-day<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team: Utah Jazz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15],"topics":[2],"class_list":["post-6832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-popicon","topics-editorial"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Utah Jazz Bear | AW360<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, 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