Underwear

Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow will face a media blitz when he makes his commercial debut next week as the first pro athlete to model Jockey underwear since Orioles legend Jim Palmer. If presented with the opportunity to rock banana hammocks on billboards like Tebow, Ravens wide receiver Derrick Mason said on Monday's " Norris and Davis Show " on 105.7 The Fan that he would probably pass on stripping down for Jockey. "I’d have to think long and hard," Mason said (insert your own punchline there)

Rebecca Nagle and Hannah Brancato aren't interested in spilling Victoria's Secret. But the Baltimore-based artists and feminists do want the lingerie giant — and other cultural forces — to tell a different story about sex. Disturbed by societal messages about rape and consent, the pair have projected the words "Rape Is Rape" on the U.S. Capitol, joined in an art exhibit about sexual assault and created a line of underwear with messages emphasizing...

A 35-year-old Southeast Baltimore man has been charged with breaking into a woman's home, stealing her thong underwear and sending her taunting text message images of the pilfered panties, according to police. The victim reported the break-in on Feb 2., saying that her rear kitchen door was pried open and cash, a gold necklace, a gold bracelet, and a pair of red underwear had been taken from her home in the 400 block of N. Lakewood Ave. She told police that she had received the jewelry from a man she knew as "Luis," who after the burglary sent her a text message that included a picture of the stolen panties.

Mark Harvey, who gained brief notoriety for running onto the field at both Camden Yards and M&T Bank Stadium, pleaded guilty to two trespassing counts Wednesday and received a short stay in jail. Reached by phone, Harvey, 26, said he will be able to spend Christmas and New Year's Day as a free man but will have to turn himself in Jan. 4 to serve his sentence. The stay will likely be brief: all but four days of a 180 sentence were suspended and Harvey already served two days at the time of his arrests.

It seems that Michele Bachmann's husband, Marcus, and his counseling clinics are the new favorite punch line for political comedians.  With his "pray the gay away" therapy tactics under scrutiny, Marcus Bachmann has been lampooned all week on Comedy Central. Most of the jokes have centered on comedians' belief that Bachmann himself is secretly gay and therefore a hypocrite.  The Second City Network has joined this line of humor with the below video. In it, the Bachmanns are repulsed to even kiss each other and Marcus breaks out dancing in flashy red underwear.  (Bachmann, for his part, is denying his counseling methods are "anti-gay" and says an interview in which he compares homosexuals to "barbarians" was "doctored," ABC is reporting.

When some folks dream of a white Christmas, it has more to do with the color of underwear than snow.Adult underwear -- size large or extra-large -- is the most requested item from adults who sign up to receive Christmas presents and food baskets through the Neighbors in Need holiday program, said Sylvia Canon, director of the agency that runs the clearinghouse in Carroll County."

A 35-year-old Crofton man faced additional charges Friday after Anne Arundel County Police said they found multiple videos of women changing, as well as a juvenile's pair of underwear inside his home. Charles Dean Novak of 1600 Fallowfield Court, was arrested and charged Dec. 27, after officers were called to the 1100 block of Fairlawn Court for a burglary where a resident told officers they found Novak sitting inside a car in the attached garage. Police located Novak who had a camcorder with videos depicting nude and partially nude people who did not appear to be aware they were being recorded.

A Columbia man was arrested Tuesday after a panty raid at a lingerie store in an Annapolis mall, Anne Arundel County police said. Police said two Victoria's Secret employees at Westfield Shoppingtown Annapolis saw a man grabbing handfuls of underwear from the store's display tables about 5 p.m., stuffing 145 panties into an oversized shopping bag. The two security guards confronted the man, who struggled with them outside the storefront. County police were called and arrested the man, who was also carrying a hypodermic syringe and a plastic bottle cap with an unidentified substance in it, said police spokesman Lt. Joseph E. Jordan.

NEW YORK -- Bras, which were erroneously reported burned during the women's liberation movement of the 1960s, are in the fashion news again. They are increasingly designed to serve more than a supporting role -- they are meant to be seen. Under suit jackets, for example, they are taking the place of blouses or sweaters.Donna Karan is one designer who is keenly aware of the development. At 44, she is old enough to have participated in the imaginary bra burnings, but actually she was never tempted.

Q: I was quite surprised to find my 9-year-old son playing outside with his friends while wearing sweat pants but no underwear. I don't know where he got the idea, because he's always worn underwear, even under his pajamas. I told him he had to come into the house until he put some on. My husband thinks I overreacted. What do you think?A: Most children your son's age would be embarrassed about their underwear, or lack thereof, coming to the attention of even a few friends. Your son might also be wondering if there are hidden messages in your obvious concern about keeping his "private parts" under double cover.

Those sultans of style at al-Qaidahave released their line of lingerie for spring, and it's a blast. Tucked away in their secret atelier in Yemen, the fanatics of fashion have come up with an updated version of the exploding underwear that caused such a stir on Christmas Day 2009 when a hapless African lad tried to blow up an airliner over Detroit and only managed to severely singe his private parts. Al-Qaidabomb maker Ibrahim Hassan Asiri is reputed to be the designer of the new nasty knickers.

The choice was not between Batman and Superman. It wasn't even between the Caped Crusader and an X-person. No, it wasn't a superhero-superhero fight. Bruce Wayne's alterego just barely beat out a daytime TV talkshow host. It was either Batman undies or Ellen Degeneres-themed briefs, said Mark Harvey, the truck driver who ran out onto the field during the Orioles' opening home game. The 26-year-old Severn man originally planned to wear "ellen" undershorts for the diamond dash, Harvey said Thursday afternoon.

A 35-year-old Southeast Baltimore man has been charged with breaking into a woman's home, stealing her thong underwear and sending her taunting text message images of the pilfered panties, according to police. The victim reported the break-in on Feb 2., saying that her rear kitchen door was pried open and cash, a gold necklace, a gold bracelet, and a pair of red underwear had been taken from her home in the 400 block of N. Lakewood Ave. She told police that she had received the jewelry from a man she knew as "Luis," who after the burglary sent her a text message that included a picture of the stolen panties.

It seems that Michele Bachmann's husband, Marcus, and his counseling clinics are the new favorite punch line for political comedians.  With his "pray the gay away" therapy tactics under scrutiny, Marcus Bachmann has been lampooned all week on Comedy Central. Most of the jokes have centered on comedians' belief that Bachmann himself is secretly gay and therefore a hypocrite.  The Second City Network has joined this line of humor with the below video. In it, the Bachmanns are repulsed to even kiss each other and Marcus breaks out dancing in flashy red underwear.  (Bachmann, for his part, is denying his counseling methods are "anti-gay" and says an interview in which he compares homosexuals to "barbarians" was "doctored," ABC is reporting.

Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow will face a media blitz when he makes his commercial debut next week as the first pro athlete to model Jockey underwear since Orioles legend Jim Palmer. If presented with the opportunity to rock banana hammocks on billboards like Tebow, Ravens wide receiver Derrick Mason said on Monday's " Norris and Davis Show " on 105.7 The Fan that he would probably pass on stripping down for Jockey. "I’d have to think long and hard," Mason said (insert your own punchline there)

A 35-year-old Crofton man faced additional charges Friday after Anne Arundel County Police said they found multiple videos of women changing, as well as a juvenile's pair of underwear inside his home. Charles Dean Novak of 1600 Fallowfield Court, was arrested and charged Dec. 27, after officers were called to the 1100 block of Fairlawn Court for a burglary where a resident told officers they found Novak sitting inside a car in the attached garage. Police located Novak who had a camcorder with videos depicting nude and partially nude people who did not appear to be aware they were being recorded.

Today's column is about an important subject that is not really on everyone's mind: the never-ending choices in women's underwear. There was a time when, if I needed underwear, I only needed about 30 seconds to shop for it. It was hanging in a plastic three-pack on a rack in the back of the women's department. My choice was limited to: size. That's because "color" was the ever-unflattering brilliant white. This type of underwear had an elastic waistband that, as its name indicates, came up to the waist, and two similarly, boringly appointed leg holes.

Positively perplexing. How is it that perfectly functional, simply sensational garments mutate -- sometimes with a mere washing or wearing -- into baggy, saggy, rumpled bits of ill-fitting apparel? Maybe wearing clothing is more brutal and destructive than we once thought.Or maybe they just don't make 'em like they used to.Whatever the case, it's time someone asked why things go wrong with the clothes we buy.Unnatural underwearJudging by the panty line showing through your clingy knit dress, those sure are high-cut undies you've got there.

"You want to see my underwear?" Baltimore City Council President Jack Young was saying. "Want to see my damn underwear?" Yes, I did want to see it, folded up in a dresser drawer, in a mauve-colored bedroom, in an east-side rowhouse. Say what you will about the wisdom of going into journalism, but one day I'm trying on a deposed mayor's mink coat, the next I'm having a look-see at the City Council president's undies. I think this is what Mencken was talking about when he said that news reporting was "the life of kings."

If Grant Goldbeck ever stands on the podium and hoists the Bassmaster Classic trophy overhead, he'll have sexy underwear to thank. Contrary to what lots of folks think, cruising the country to fish competitively against other like-minded and like-skilled anglers is an expensive proposition. Unless you consistently finish on the podium at the elite level, prize money won't get you and your bass boat from Alabama to Texas. That's something guys like Goldbeck know only too well. The Maryland native will begin his third season this week fishing the Bassmaster Elite Series, an eight-event competition that every year provides a pipeline to the Classic.