On Saturday night, the comedian and host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” saw his latest crazy creation set out into the world as ...

Have the Moon Mammoths conquered the Earth? They've at least staked a claim on the world of Minor League Baseball. The team ...

George Moon has to be the only person in history who scuba dove and discovered … a Minor League Baseball team. It was 34 ...

The Erie Seawolves, a minor league team, won a contest for a total rebrand courtesy of comedian John Oliver and his HBO show Last Week Tonight. NBC News’ Erin Mclaughlin was on hand for the minor ...

The Moon Mammoths are here. In a matchup of two of the most widely discussed alternate identities of the year, the Erie Moon Mammoths -- the Minor League team conceived and designed by the late-night ...

The segment included Oliver explaining how the idea of rebranding a Minor League Baseball team came to be and how excited he ...

John Oliver said that the Moon Mammoths now belong to Erie, and what the city does with the mascot and team name is up to the ...

On Saturday night, excitement was in the air in Erie, Pennsylvania, as the MiLB's Erie Seawolves started playing under a new name: the Erie Moon Mammoths.The Seawolves are the Double-A affiliate for ...

The 'Last Week Tonight' host also sounds off on Stephen Colbert's "horrible, horrible" news and the future of the format.

Just over two months after Last Week Tonight offered its services to rebrand a team, the Detroit Tigers affiliate debuts to a record-setting crowd ...

The idea began in May when comedian John Oliver, the host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” invited teams to pitch why they deserved a rebrand.

John Oliver prepares to throw the first pitch during a game between the Chesapeake Oyster Catchers and the Erie Moon Mammoths at UMPC Park in Erie, Pa., on Saturday, July 19, 2025.