Sex, sports and moral values

Simon Bruty

We continued our habit of lusting after female tennis players -- (Anna) Kournikova gave way to (Maria) Sharapova -- and ignoring their male counterparts. We kept wrestling with our split national personality regarding sex and sports -- the puritanical side that was aghast at the sight of Janet Jackson's breast during the Super Bowl halftime show and a towel-clad actress on Monday Night Football, and the leering side that loves the buxom twins on the beer commercials and Serena Williams' skimpy tennis outfits.

--From "Suprise Party" by Phil Taylor, SI.com

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