But not the companies that sell sports bras. They get loopy, too. The last view of the Los Angeles Lakers' championship last June was of burning cars outside the Staples Center. The society can be loud and boisterous. Sometimes arrogant, occasionally unruly.
Sport brings it all out, fuels it, fans it.
The Olympic Games are the brightest stage of all, with their expectations of modesty, at least when anyone is watching. The world does not much appreciate American victory, and even less the cavorting that sometimes comes with it. So the USOC skittishness on the issue is probably understandable. We have taken a few PR shellackings. Well, let's take a whack at it.