A former Denver Nuggets mascot has filed a lawsuit against the team’s owner, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, accusing the franchise of violating disability protection laws by firing him last year following a hip injury.

Denver Nuggets have had one of the NBA's most popular team mascots for many years, but now one of the men who formerly donned the Rocky mask is suing the team's owner.

Must a man recovering from hip replacement surgery try out just to keep his $70,000-a-year job? The man formerly underneath the Nuggets' mascot costume says no.