But we’ve never seen the local news do a story like this.

All the female broadcasters were out for the day, so the horny old news director gets to play?

Not that I’m complaining–a puff piece on a bikini news service is a lot better than most of what they could have come up with.  But wow…I’m surprised some feminazi organization hasn’t been all over them for that.

Oh, and you can find her site at http://www.bikinilawn.com/.  Looks like her rates have gone up since the piece ran.

The game’s producers, Horizon Productions, had announced that the game would occur in Scottsdale during a press conference in February.  They also announced that Jenna Jameson, the famous porn star turned Scottsdale club owner who had just recently won a victory during a Scottsdale election, would serve as the color commentator.

The event apparently received overwhelming negative response from residents, and from Mayor Mary Manross, who had also previously opposed the naming of the local Pink Taco Restaurant.  Organizers had apparently even baited the mayor into opposing the event, by sending her a uniform.  While never officially rejected the plans to close city streets for a festival or play the game at a downtown golf course, the application was withdrawn in October.

Despite not being sanctioned (or really even recognized or acknowledged as exisiting) by the NFL, it was the first time that the game was to occur in the same city as the Super Bowl, which will be played at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale.  The first three Lingerie Bowls were taped at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and aired during halftime of the big game.

Promoters claim that they have already secured a location for Lingerie Bowl VI (apparently the numbering still goes on, even when the games don’t) in Tampa, Florida for 2009, where Super Bowl XLIII will take place.  Hopefully this time they were smart enough to get the contract signed in advance, not bait the mayor, and get their permits in place before making the announcement. 

And fortunately, Puppy Bowl IV will still take place on Animal Planet.