C.J.: Overexposed Viking asks, 'How'd it look?'

"How'd it look?" Visanthe Shiancoe wanted to know.

When you retell this story -- and you will -- please remember that the Vikings tight end ASKED me that question. I did not walk over to Shiancoe at saftey Darren Sharper's party at Trocaderos early today and leeringly aver: Hey, Visanthe, I'd ask how it's hanging, but I already know the answer is greeeeeaatt!

Fox has apologized for a camera crew taping Vikings owner Zygi Wilf's post Detroit victory ball ceremony, inadvertently catching a glimpse of Shiancoe adjusting his towel and momentarily revealing more of the tight end's anatomy than expected.

"Oh, they apologized? I heard about that. I got a lot of calls about that," Shiancoe told me.

Many athletes are clearly comfortable being naked, or they wouldn't walk around the lockerroom in the buff, so I didn't imagine this event was particularly traumatic for Shiancoe.

"I know, but it's within the lockerroom, not with the nation but you know, it's not too bad. I didn't just get out the pool."

He was joking about the matter, so I attempted to confirm what joke he was making. Meaning, there was no shrinkage, I said as Shiancoe laughed and walked away.

"Is it all over the Internet," Shiancoe asked.

Oh, yeah.

"WHAAAAAT?" he said, "Are you serious?"

And the website sportsbybrooks.com has a big black vertical bar covering the interesting area. A big one, I stressed. That brought on more laughter from Shiancoe.

Then I told him I had also seen a youtube.com clip that included no such editing.

Impressive. Since I don't see nearly enough of that around my house these days, I didn't mind at all. He thought that was pretty funny, and we shared a hand slap, which was followed by me happily going home alone.