![]() "I work at a conservative company and my bosses were livid when they found out about it on Twitter. "I'm sorry, but I can't talk about my streak," says a young man who took off most of his clothes for a field run a few years ago. Back in the days before Facebook and Twitter, a person flush with liquid courage could run in the buff at, say, a Yankees game on a Saturday night, and on Monday morning they could return to work without their boss knowing about it.īut now? Not only can running naked in a stadium land you on the Sex Offender Registry in many states-the birthday suit streak can lead to an indecent exposure charge-but you will also be the water-cooler talk in every office in your region after you are outed on social media, which, of course, you will be. Back in the '80s and '90s, streaking was commonly viewed as harmless fun, and those caught were often let go without even being handcuffed. Yet there is no question that the stakes of streaking have been raised in the social media age. Buchanan, then 19, grabs his iPhone and starts researching the history-and consequences-of streaking at a sporting event. Riding in the back seat of a friend's car on a summer afternoon in 2015, Buchanan and two of his buddies are talking a blue streak about streaking-not fully naked, but clothed-and whether one of them has the mettle to do it during the Red-Cubs game they are about to attend. Justin Buchanan has one thing in common with Long: He was dared to do it. ![]() Long-a 5'8'', 220-pound Army veteran who served 39 months in Iraq, a man with a liquid glimmer of mischief in his eyes-wants to streak for two reasons: to show other veterans he cares about them and to prove to the dudes who dared him to do it that he has the stones to pull it off.Īnd just maybe, Long thinks to himself a few hours later as he begins driving north toward Baltimore on this raw December morning, it might touch a life or two. To sprint like his feet are on fire across the grass at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore during the third quarter, putting on a show for the president-elect of the United States, who will be in a private box, and for legendary broadcaster Verne Lundquist, who will be calling his final college football game. 10 in front of 71,000 fans and millions around the globe who will tune in to watch what will turn out to be the highest-rated Army-Navy game in 22 years. To run like hell across the field on Dec.
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