![]() I tweeted at them both on Monday and sent Yuri a Facebook message but never heard back. Luckily, both of these guys have very unusual names - and Vitaly is all over social media. ![]() How did you track them down and land the interview? I imagine a flock of reporters were eager for access to the Super Bowl streakers. Here are her answers, and my comments on the lessons they reveal: After reading “Super Bowl streaker recounts ‘the greatest moment of my life,'” I had two questions for DeGregory. DeGregory’s piece was a hoot to read, mentioned the money issues, and demonstrated the kind of journalistic chops that have led DeGregory to compelling stories that range from silly to profound. Many people, including some within the Tampa Bay Times newsroom, argued that publicity-seekers shouldn’t be given publicity I couldn’t easily find an AP image of the event, and other news sites have since reported on the streaker’s financial troubles, taking a less light-hearted approach to their profiles. It’s not the stuff of sober public affairs journalism. The quick blurt about the streaking event left me amused, wondering Who does that anymore?, before I went back to heating some soup.ĭeGregory followed up on her curiosity - and that of millions of others - and found out. For me, the game had become background noise by then. ![]() By the time one of the two buddies took to the field, costumed in a woman’s pink thong onesie (which, he told DeGregory’s in an interview, gave him a wedgie), there was little drama left in a one-sided game between the victorious Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the struggling Kansas City Chiefs. But she didn’t just wonder: She found out.ĭeGregory did that again this week when she hunted down the scamps who plotted a dramatic streak that briefly interrupted the late minutes of Super Bowl LV. “You wonder: Who’s the THE guy?” she wrote. As I remember the story, DeGregory was at a rodeo with her sons, watching the pre-show pageantry, when the banners galloped by. From her 2009 Pulitzer Prize for “The Girl in The Window” to what she calls a “quickie” feature about “Stormy Daniels: The President’s Porn Star,” DeGregory has built a career out of seeing, and then landing, the stories other journalists dream about, or that catch them by surprise: Damn, why didn’t I think of that? One of my all-time favorites was her profile of “the THE guy:” A rodeo cowboy who carried the flag that said “THE” in the lineup that declared GOD. Lane DeGregory finds and follows stories that give nonfiction storytelling loft and range. Following up on curiosity - wondering about everything, and then caring to find out - is what makes journalism soar. 7, 2021.ĪP Photo / Steve Luciano Curiosity grounds all good journalism. Cost him 1k to get out of jail so he cleared 374k on the bet! No s***.A streaker runs across the field during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Feb. His buddy went out first as a diversion so he didn't get caught as quickly as his friend. "He bet 50k on a prop bet at +750 that there would be a streaker at the Super Bowl. Alexander's Restaurant while having lunch before leaving Tampa," the unidentified man believed to be posing alongside a shirtless Andrade in a photo claimed in the direct message. On Monday (February 8), an unidentified man believed to be posing with a shirtless Andrade in a photo shared in the direct message claims the streaker made $374,000 on the prop bet, which was far more than the cost of bail. Perez reports one individual placed an $800 bet and won $6,000, but as told he would not rececive the money and his Bovada account was closed by the website. However, Bovada said it would investigate each wager and void any of the streaker bets made by Andrade or others involved with the stunt, meaning they would not be paying the winning funds. Perez, who confirmed Andrade placed the bet on Bovada, an offshore sports book, before running onto the field during the fourth quarter of Sunday's game. ![]() ![]() The bet was later confirmed by Front Office Sports' A.J. Yuri Andrade, 31, of Boca Raton, Florida, was reported to have made a $50,000 prop bet at +750 that there would be a streaker during Super Bowl LV prior to running on the field himself on Sunday (February 7) night, according to a leaked direct message from a person claiming to have met Andrade after he was bailed out of jail. The 'Super Bowl Streaker's' plan to make a big payday for himself has been denied. ![]()
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