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Notes On "Campdick": A Former NFLer On Ines Sainz And Locker-Room Sexual TensionA babe reporter walks into a locker room. Catcalls ensue; jock straps fly; penises shrivel. She doesn't understand the words, but she understands the sexual tension. It's palpable when an attractive woman appears. Palpable. Players call it campdick....

Metaphor As Illness: Whitlock, Train Rides And The Pursuit Of "Strange Tang"Since the deaths of Steve McNair and Arturo Gatti, the world has turned its misty eyes to the prose of Jason Whitlock, who has made sense of it all by analogizing crazily and discoursing on "strange tang" and "young tail."...