Mascot Exhibit Begins This Week

(Storrs, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Later this week, UConn’s Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry will host an exhibit of pro and college sports mascots.
It will feature some of the earliest known mascots, including UConn’s own Jonathan the Husky and the San Diego Chicken, the mascot of the baseball Padres.
The show will also delve into how these costumed characters have become more than just about the team they represent.
Ballard director John Bell says the template for the