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With Super Bowl 60 coming up Sunday, hunky football jocks are taking center stage. With players urged to "pound the end zone" and "penetrate the defense," the tradition of homoeroticism runs deep on the gridiron. And we're not even talking about the congratulatory bum slapping, or what these modern day gladiators are wearing under their gear. Previously reserved for sports, jockstraps entered the gay conscious in the mid-20th century. They first appeared in Tom of Finland drawings and adult magazines.