I’ve always considered myself a curmudgeon for not appreciating Brandi Chastain’s (oh so) spontaneous removal of her shirt after making the penalty kick that won the 1999 Women’s World Cup. Other people gushed about it, but it struck me as specious (I wouldn’t celebrate by whipping my pants down . . . at least when sober).

Anywaaaaay, she did a nice thing by donating the black sports bra to the fledgling Sports Museum of America. Unfortunately, the Museum has gone bankrupt. Its memorabilia has been hauled away and put into storage. If she wants The Bra back, she has to pay $250. The Wall Street Journal has the story. Excerpt:

The black sports undergarment she famously exposed to the world after a game-winning goal in the 1999 World Cup had been taken into custody by U.S. bankruptcy court. To secure its release from a storage facility in Newark, N.J., Ms. Chastain would have to pay $250 — plus shipping. “Thank goodness I have another one,” she jokes.

The sports bra is joined by Tony Hawk’s childhood skateboard, race-car driver Richard Petty’s trademark sunglasses and about 500 or so other famous sports artifacts swept up in a unique bankruptcy case. All of the items had been loaned to the Sports Museum of America in New York, a for-profit organization that recently declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy after opening to great fanfare in May. To satisfy creditors, all of the museum’s assets were seized, and if they aren’t claimed promptly, they may face the auction block.

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