For some reason, nudity and sports seem to go together like milk and cookies.  They just make good partners, from sports streakers to strippers at the golf course . . . and they make great copy as well.  We have to admit, unlike most people, we LOVE naked athletes.

#8. Soccer Insanity! On the Day Football is Super in the USA, International Football Takes a Turn for the Worse Soccer Streaker Alert: Local Fans Say Young Man "Suffering as a Result of January's Chilly Weather" - In the immortal words of Seinfeld's George Costanza, "Shrinkage! There was shrinkage!" A 24-year-old UK soccer fan has not only been banned for a year from games, but he also apparently didn't impress the crowd with his exposed package. Usually streakers are greeted with cheers during games in the UK, but this guy apparently picked the wrong time to run on the field. And, not only did the fans jeer him, they also made disparaging remarks about his manhood. According to one fan, the young man, who has not been named by police, seemed to be "suffering as a result of January's chilly weather." Cold, dawg, cold. (R&T Times)

#7. Drunken Rugby Player Streaks Game - Remember the good ol' days when drunken FANS were the only ones who got naked during sporting events? Well, apparently the athletes want to get in the action now as evidenced by this story from Australia. According to police, six players from the Lavington Panthers rugby league team were arrested after an incident Sunday. Authorities say that the team was dropped off at the field well before their game and most appeared to already intoxicated. Their drunken antics peaked when one member of the team streaked naked across the ground at half-time of another game. Local cops are warning that such behavior will not be tolerated in the future at what is considered a "family event" and that their response will be swift. And if not swift, certainly fast enough to catch a drunk, naked rugby player. (Border Mail)

#6. English Women's Rugby Team in Trouble Over "Topless Haka" Pics - Okay, let's first start with a review of what a "haka" is: this tradition came to light during last year's Commonwealth Games when officials wanted to ban the New Zealand rugby team from doing a pre-game ritual based on a Maori war chant. Basically it's bare-chested rhythmic chanting and grunting used to intimidate foes. ( Watch a video clip of it here, if you really want to know more.) Anyway, the latest trouble actually involves the Canterbury women's rugby team in the UK which decided to parody the haka in its 2007 calendar and featured a picture of players doing it dirty and topless . . . with arms and hands strategically positioned, of course. The apparent attempt at humor has now backfired on the gals, as haka experts around the world (okay in NZ) claim that while Maori women might have done the dance, the most certainly would NOT have done it with their hooters exposed. Said the head of New Zealand's Maori Party, "The haka is sacred to us and we do it in the proper way at different times, but if people imitate it then we're fair game to be imitated. I would feel differently if it was a New Zealand women's team - it would be bastardising it in a way." Sounds like this will require several weeks of review on our part. We'll get back to you. (Sydney Morning Herald) Thanks to long time reader Artie Bigley for the link!
BONUS: Order your copy of the calendar to raise money to fight breast cancer here. Slightly Not Safe For Work page, due to large female jocks in various semi-nude--but discreet--poses.

#5. Dude! I Don't Need to See That! UK Soccer Player Sends Naked Pic of Himself via His Cell Phone to Girl, 19 - At BadJocks, we've been frequently accused of favoring the naked female jock stories, so in the interest of being "fair and balanced" we bring you the story of David Nugent, a soccer player in the United Kingdom's Premier League (like the NFL for soccer) who allegedly met a pretty young thing in a bar and tried to pick her up. After failing to score, he did what any young man would do: he took a naked picture of himself in the mirror with his cell phone and sent it to her. Of course, she did what any young woman would do who didn't really want to see that: she sent it to all of her friends and--you guessed it!--before long it ended up online. Probably NOT the response he was looking for. At right, the PG-13 version of the picture . . . we really didn't try and look for the X-Rated one. (Lancashire Evening Post)

#4. HS Hockey Championship Game Ends in Brawl After Fan Grabs Own Groin, Exposes Genitals to Opposing Fans - Nothing says "fun" at a high school hockey game like taunting the opposing fans by waving your junk at them. Police from three different jurisdictions had to be called when a brawl broke out last week after at the Brother Adelard Arena during a state Division II semifinal hockey game between Cumberland and Smithfield high schools in Rhode Island. According to cops, the incident started when a Smithfield High School student grabbed his groin and exposed his genitals to Cumberland High School fans. An off-duty security officer working the event ordered the teen out of the arena, but when he informed the officer that he needed a ride home, the cop made him sit with him for the rest of the game. Mistake! Before the knew it, the officer was surrounded by 15 Cumberland students and words were exchanged. The cop then tried to move everyone outside the arena, which only resulted in more fights, at times involving between 50 to 75 people in the lobby with "several fights simultaneously breaking out." So far, only one 17-year-old Cumberland High School student has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. (Woonsocket Call)

#3. This one is close to the top mostly because it was the father of this 19-year-old speedskater who helped promote the idea.
ORIGINAL STORY - Hot Blonde Female Inline Speedskater From New Zealand Poses Naked to Promote Her Sport - 19-year-old Kiwi--and international inline speedskating sensation--Nicole Begg has decided that the best way to raise the profile of her young sport is to pose for pictures with nothing on but her skates. According to Nicole, she was a little nervous--and probably a bit cold--when the shoot started but later decided that what she was doing was no worse than what could be seen on most European beaches adding, "Lots of sports stars, both male and female, have done this sort of thing." On the plus side, Begg's father Bill, who's also her coach, was apparently proud of his little girl saying that World Inline Cup magazine was looking for a sexier image. "It got beach volleyball in the Olympics and that's where we would love to be." At right, an edited version of the pic. For the slightly Not Safe For Work version, check out this page on Stuff. At left, Ms. Begg just three years ago. Mother Nature has been good to her. (Thanks to Fark.com for the link!)

#2. This one is rare . . . mostly because we don't get a lot of amateur skiing stories. We're also glad there's no video or pics of this one.
ORIGINAL STORY - Man Arrested for Riding Ski Lift Naked, Pleasuring Himself - Nudity and sports seem to being going hand-in-hand more lately . . . but usually not literally. Today's story comes to us from the Stratton Mountain Resort in Vermont where an Albany, NY man was spotted by other skiers sitting in a lift gondola naked and playing with himself. 46-year-old William N. Barrett III was arrested and charged with one felony count of lewd and lascivious conduct and a misdemeanor count of marijuana possession. Apparently by the time cops arrived to investigate Barrett had put his clothes back on, but in one pocket was a pouch that contained a little pot. (Times Argus)

#1. Naughty Cheerleaders, Bad HS Coaches, Nudity AND PICTURES? This story hits the BadJocks Trifecta!
ORIGINAL STORY - Shocker! HS Cheerleading Coach in Topless Photo Scandal With 15-Year Cheerleader - It's the picture that's rocking the tiny town of Goshen, Ohio: it's of 19-year-old freshman cheerleader coach Victoria Schattauer and a 15-year-old cheerleader who allegedly took topless photos of themselves at a party. She was fired last week, along with 19-year-old assistant coach Andrew Emerson after the pair were accused of hosting a party where they allegedly providing alcohol to a freshman . . . oh, and the topless picture doesn't help either. According to at least one site, the picture was then sent via email to school officials who then notified police. More pictures from Victoria's MySpace page can be found here, and this site has more on the story and--allegedly--a link to the NSFW images. Thanks to Artie Bigley and others for the tip on this story!