Several years after Chmelar created his original No. 1 finger, a man named Geral Fauss ... created the first foam finger and began selling them at the 1978 Cotton Bowl game. Chmelar said he has ...

An Associated Press photograph of Chmelar wearing his version of the big hand made the rounds, but eventually a man named Geral Fauss gained credit for creating the first actual foam No. 1 finger ...

Chmelar made papier-mache hand in parents%27 garage in high school Media sites sought him for interviews after Cyrus%27 performance Houston man first finger made of foam in 1978 DES MOINES ...

That’s how long rumors about cycling champ Lance Armstrong using performance-enhancing drugs have swirled—quietly and in small sports circles at first and ... a middle finger at the ...

And, of course, big-ass foam fingers. It certainly feels like foam fingers mean winning. Part of this is probably confirmation bias—when a losing team’s supporters are feeling discouraged ...