Kenn Solomon first suited up as Rocky , the mountain lion with the lightning bolt tail, in December 1990. He continued to work as the beloved mascot of the Denver Nuggets for more than thirty years; when he retired, his son, Drake Solomon, took over. Last week, Drake sued the Nuggets' ownership group , Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, for illegal disability discrimination and retaliation after Drake was fired in August 2024.

In his second season as Rocky, the Nuggets' 2022-2023 championship run, Drake began experiencing pain in his right hip after a bout of COVID, subsequently diagnosed as avascular necrosis, a condition in which his femur bones weren't getting enough blood flow, causing them to degenerate. Drake had surgery to treat the condition in March 2023, and returned as Rocky af

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