Some things can only happen in America, said James Shepherd in Britain's Chester Chronicle. Case in point: On Sept. 4, the 10-team Lingerie Football League will launch its first season with a game between the Miami Caliente and the Chicago Bliss. The seven-woman teams will play in short shorts, bikini tops, shoulder pads, and helmets.
It's provocative, said Jim Moore in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, but it's also good business. Games between scantily clad women have been a Super Bowl half-time staple on pay-per-view since 2004. The formula works because "men are dogs," but in case there's not enough "exposed flesh" on the field to lure in spectators, the Seattle Mist will have a dance team on the sidelines.
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