ROAAARRRR! *Camera Phone Snaps*...

After being turned away by the Chicago Cubs (too old), Memphis Grizzlies (didn't get along with Allen Iverson) and the University of California Bears (failed drug test), this bear decided to travel overseas and found a home with Spanish soccer team, Real Valladolid.

Due to his interest in the arts and fondness of purple striped shirts, Oso (as he is affectionately called by the Real Valladolid players. Birth name: Mortimer) experienced extreme verbal abuse as a child and resolved that he would not survive long in the woods. Now the bear is the main attraction of a mediocre Spanish soccer team and, even though he wishes he were feared a bit more by humans, he is happy to finally be accepted in the world. "Every time they tell me to do a somersault, I cry a little on the inside," says the bear "But if I hadn't've come here, I'd be dead right now. So I can't complain."

Oso resides in the Laguna de Duero area and, when not busy with the team, he serves as a music instructor at a local high school. He cites Placido Domingo as his musical inspiration.