Mascots and Fans — When Liability Gets in the Way of Fun

By Joshua Winneker   The fun gives way to potential liability each time a professional team’s mascot attempts to entertain the fans with comedic and potentially dangerous antics. More and more proof of this continues to surface in professional sports. Most recently, it was the Minnesota Timberwolves’ “Crunch the Wolf” mascot that caused injury to a fan, but this was not an ordinary fan - - Crunch actually hurt Karl-Anthony Towns’ (the Timberwolves’ center) father.   During