Full Moon: A History of Sports Pantsings

Chicago's Devin Hester ended up sans pants for a few moments in Sunday night's NFL game, but he's not the first to be caught showing his back side.

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It sucks to show your ass (figuratively) live on TV—just ask Jay Cutler. But to show your ass (literally) for a national audience? Damn, man, that's cold! Not to mention—cold!

In Sunday night's Philadelphia Eagles-Chicago Bears game, Bears wide receiver Devin Hester was the victim of an unfortunate takedown maneuver by Eagles cornerback Dimitri Patterson. Running a slant over the middle, Hester had the back of his uniform pants grabbed by D.P. (ayo!), resulting in a complete Devin moonshot for the world to see. NBC's commentators didn't bat an eyelash, but we certainly didn't miss one of the all-time great pantsings in sports history. But where does it rank in the illustrious history of sports shankings? We'll leave that for you to determine with our collection of Sports All-Time Great Pantsings...

DEVIN HESTER, CHICAGO BEARS
DATE: 11/22/2009
PANTSED: We love the no-reaction from commentators Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth: "Yup, 'cause we see Devin Hester's ass all the time. Oh shit, is this thing on?!"

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