Lingerie Football League: Cleavage and Tough Ladies (Pictures)

Cassandra Strickland #1 of the Las Vegas Sin celebrates as time expires in the team’s 28-20 Lingerie Football League game victory over the Los Angeles Temptation at the Orleans Arena November 11, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Getty Images)more pics »

The LA Tempation lost to the Las Vegas Sin (Getty Images)
There was lots of excitement at the Orleans Arena last night: The Lingerie Football League had a big game! The Las Vegas Sin took on the LA Temptation and it was a close game that ended with the LV ladies winning 28-20.

Last year the Temptation were basically unbeatable. They even won the Lingerie Bowl! This year, it seems as though the competition is a bit tougher. It’s the third year of the Lingerie Football League, and a slew of new teams have been added this season.

This was the first home game for the Vegas team, which just joined the league this year — as did the Cleveland Crush. The sport started off as halftime entertainment during NFL games and has since spawned into its own league. As you can imagine, the scantily clad ladies draw in thousands of fans each game.

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Amber Reed #10 of the Los Angeles Temptation celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the Las Vegas Sin during their Lingerie Football League game at the Orleans Arena November 11, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas won 28-20. (Getty Images)more pics »
Members of the Los Angeles Temptation huddle on the field before their Lingerie Football League game against the Las Vegas Sin at the Orleans Arena November 11, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas won 28-20. (Getty Images)more pics »
Mia Chambers #4 of the Las Vegas Sin is tackled by Tessa Barrera #20 of the Los Angeles Temptation as Maddie McCoy #7 of the Las Vegas Sin assists on the play during their Lingerie Football League game at the Orleans Arena November 11, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas won 28-20. (Getty Images)more pics »
Head coach Dion Lee of the Las Vegas Sin talks to his players during a timeout during their Lingerie Football League game against the Los Angeles Temptation at the Orleans Arena November 11, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas won 28-20. (Getty Images)more pics »

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Still defiant?Fugitive Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi has reappeared in what could be his sixth audio message since rebel forces overtook the capital.

Once again, Gaddafi sounded defiant and contradicted the statements of rebels and officials in his message, this time insisting he had not fled to Niger. And once again, the physical Gaddafi was nowhere to be seen — he hasn’t been in months — and no media organization was able to say they had verified the message, instead using words such as “purportedly,” “unverified” and “believed to be” to describe the recording.

In large part, that’s because of the messenger. Thursday’s five-minute long audio was aired on Syrian-based Al Rai TV, and past audio messages have been aired on its sister al-Ourouba channel, both owned by a controversial Iraqi who is believed to be a Gaddafi supporter. Mishan Jabouri launched his TV career by airing videos of U.S. soldiers being blown up and has recently become “Gaddafi’s last remaining mouthpiece,” the Atlantic Wire reports.

Instead of verifying the messages themselves, reporters have noted that the “voice and rhetoric strongly resembled Gaddafi,” that he was referring to himself in the third person, that the “style strongly resembled Gaddafi, who has used the TV channel in the past.”

But is that enough to go on?

In Thursday’s message, Gaddafi said that loyalist forces “are ready to start the fight in Tripoli and everywhere else, and rise up against them,” referring to the rebels. That promise had been made in earlier messages, and yet loyalist attempts to fight back in recent days have been weak.

“Gaddafi won’t leave the land of his ancestors,” the message also said. While rebel forces also believe Gaddafi has not left Libya, reports earlier this week suggest the strongman could be in Niger or Burkina Faso, or headed there. Dozens of other locales have been suggested as his hiding place.

The lesson, it seems, is that these audio recordings are “unverified,” and until Gaddafi is seen in the flesh, should be taken as such.

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