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Tebow's underwear ad, Brady's fancy toilet and a ping-pong playing baby

Posted to: NFL Super Bowl

Tim Tebow is shirtless in an advertisement for Jockey underwear, but he's wearing pants.

"Some things are better when left to the imagination," a Jockey spokesman told The Huffington Post. Another company official added that Tebow has been good for business.

The Huffington Post noted that an image of the Denver Broncos quarterback in underwear was briefly shown on Jockey's website, however.

"Tebow should have dropped his pants," industry analyst Michael Kleinmann told The Huffington Post. "I don't know why everyone is so scared of men in underwear. Choosing a guy that people can relate to – a man's man – is good, but even he walks around his house in his underwear ... People just need to relax and stop being afraid."

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Tom Brady's humble abode has one heck of a commode. That's according to New England Patriots teammate Wes Welker.

“You go over and use his toilet, and you press this button, and it sprays water on you and all this stuff, and I’m like, ‘You gotta be kidding me.’ ” Welker said during the past week of Super Bowl media mania. “It’s heated, it’s all this stuff, and I’m like, ‘This is crazy.’ ”

The Boston Herald said it must be the Toto Washlet Performance Toilet, which is self-cleaning, has a heated seat that opens and closes automatically, jets of heated water, blow drying and perfume scents. It also apparently even comes with an optional MP3 player, if you're so inclined.

Hmmm... wonder if any of those hotels in Buffalo have them?

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And in closing, some video of the 2028 Summer Olympics table tennis gold medalist in warmups:

 

(Photos: Tim Tebow ad by Jockey; old outhouse by stock.xchng)

 

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