This Week in Sports Sexuality

If given the chance to see Joe DiMaggio naked or Marilyn Monroe with clothes on, I’d choose the latter. That’s why I’ll never visit the “Hunted and Gathered” exhibition at a San Francisco art gallery (where else would the gallery be?). For it is there that a full frontal nude photo of Joltin’ Joe can be stared at for hours on end:

The image shows DiMaggio, circa 1940, before he became intensely private, in a postgame shower, wearing a goofy grin. Asked how he obtained the photo, Johnson joked to the San Francisco Chronicle, “I have friends in low places.” The nude Joe is not for sale. “It’s too interesting a photo,” Johnson says.

Yes, the man’s last name is Johnson. Perfect.

Speaking of johnsons, former male boxer Rob Newbiggin (last name not made up, shockingly) is planning to transform into a woman so he she can box on the female circuit. Her new name will be “Mercedes” leading some to believe she was a huge License to Drive fan. Although it sounds freakish and perhaps dangerous for female opponents, this is not the first time a male boxer has attempted to join the female ranks after a sex change operation. In 1989, Don Flamenco replaced his penis with a vagina and fought under the guise of Donna Flamingo.

There is actually quite a resemblance between the two.

---

Subscribe (for free!!) to our weekly sports podcast, deemed "incredible" by two out of three of our moms.

© JoeSportsFan.com, 2009. | Permalink | Tweet This