Hockey (player) for homos: As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo amps up his serious push for a marriage equality bill in Albany, the Human Rights Campaign scored a big win in the fight for equal rights: a major sports league male. Sean Avery of the New York Rangers is known as fashion-conscious (check out the […]
short balls: march madness
by Benjamin Snyder Maria got an eight seed and Caro a nine. Serena? Nowhere to be found. (Screengrab via Esquire.com) Is tennis (and the world) suddenly in the palm of Maria Sharapova’s hand again? Esquire‘s battle of beauty and search for the sexiest woman alive has the web abuzz during the month of madness. In […]
the rags want tennis riches: a media round-up
The mags and papers are finally picking up the scent of the 2010, which starts in less than a week. For the media nerds out there, here’s a quick look at what’s going on… Bad boy goes good: At New York, writer Larry Platt profiles the homegrown John McEnroe, who’s currently entering a new phase […]
from fed to fed cup (with a spadeator in between)
Roger Federer is on the cover of ESPN The Magazine with tagline: Who’s the World’s Greatest Athlete? Roger Federer Looks the Part. Click the image above to see a quality video of the photo shoot Fed did with the sports mag. After the cut: Spadea shows us his t-shirt design skills and The Birmingham News […]
serena williams — in the buff — on the cover of espn the magazine
Just when we thought we’d seen Serena as real as she could get — thanks to that U.S. Open semifinal — she ups the ante by appearing naked on one of six covers of ESPN The Magazine‘s “Body Issue”, on newsstands October 19. The other five athletes are mixed martial artist Gina Carano, NASCAR driver […]