Fortunately, the foam finger has been around long enough that it will survive this incident. As for Miley Cyrus, let's hope she can outlive this event and also survive." ...

It's been a while since Code Switch correspondent Gene Demby and I gathered in a studio to talk sports for the Pop Culture Happy Hour spinoff we call The Giant Foam Finger.But the stars aligned ...

The foam finger is Iowan Steve Chmelar's baby. He created it in 1971. So when Miley Cyrus began touching Robin Thicke's manhood and pantomiming digital penetration with her foam finger at the VMAs ...

He continues, "Fortunately, the foam finger has been around long enough that it will survive this incident. As for Miley Cyrus, let's hope she can outlive this event and also survive." ...

After all the finger wagging in the wake of Miley Cyrus' Video Music Awards performance, one giant foam finger (and the man who created an early version of it many years ago) is getting some ...

Now the inventor of the foam finger Miley used to, um, dance with during the VMAs is speaking out against the “We Can’t Stop” singer’s desecration of the No. 1 team-support novelty.

Don't be surprised to see oversize, yellow foam fingers flipping the bird on TV when the Cleveland Browns go to Pittsburgh for their regular-season opener in a few weeks.

Iowa native Steve Chmelar, who is credited with inventing the foam finger is not the No. 1 fan of Miley Cyrus' performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. Chmelar. 59, created the foam finger ...