Nuggets mascot in trouble for Republican rally appearance

Rocky's gone rogue y'all:

Denver's favorite mountain lion is in the doghouse.

Unbeknownst to the Denver Nuggets organization, mascot Rocky was at the Colorado Republican rally Monday and evidently didn't check with his bosses at Kroenke Sports Enterprises about it.

Nuggets marketing manager Graham Wincott, who handles Rocky and his appearances, said the team's mascot showing up at the GOP event was "an unsanctioned, unpaid appearance that we had no knowledge of."

And here, again via The Denver Post, is a since-deleted tweet confirming the appearance:

First of all, that's a terrific lede. Second of all, that's a great photo. Third of all, I'm glad this whole thing happened because we get arguments like this:

Nuggets fans also understand that even Rocky has First Amendment rights and the Colorado Republican Party stands with him.

The article mentions the actual person inside the Rocky costume, but I refuse to acknowledge any of that and instead choose to imagine an actual bipedal, macrocephalic cougar who wears his uniform to political rallies against the wishes of his employer.

Meanwhile, the Nuggets need to worry less about outside stuff and focus on Rocky's in-house behavior. This is from Monday's media day:

(Isaiah J. Downing, USA TODAY Sports)

(via Zach Lowe)

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