Posts under ‘Fashion’

In a recent podcast, Jim and Cyd discussed athletes’ use of cups and Jim followed up on this blog by asking the immortal question, “Who should wear a cup?” Thanks to the ever-enterprising paparazzi, we now have photographic evidence that at least one pro athlete wears one. Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankee and Madonna’s latest [...]

Yes, I know Lubbock, Texas, isn’t exactly Milan or Manhattan when it comes to fashion. But star Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell should get his clothing tips from somewhere other than the local feed supply store. This is Harrell in a 2008 Christmas card unearthed first on a Texas Longhorn site that quickly found its [...]

If you didn’t see the Army-Navy game this weekend — and judging from the ratings, you didn’t — you missed a friggin’ sweet set of alternate jerseys the Black Knights and Midshipmen wore. Dubbed the “Enforcer” jersey, this marketing ploy/fun idea made an otherwise boring game more entertaining.
Navy’s uniform is pretty standard 2008 uniform fare.  [...]

In our latest Podcast, Cyd and I discussed whether athletes wore cups or even needed to. We received this thoughtful response from a listener who provided some terrific information:
I enjoyed listening to the podcast about cups and jocks. Who SHOULD wear a cup? As a former EMT who took care of many athletic injuries, I [...]

It is great to hear about the cooperation being exhibited this week between USC football coach Pete Carroll and UCLA’s Rick Neuheisel, and how they gave the big middle finger to the NCAA. For years, both USC and UCLA wore their dark home jerseys in their annual end-of-season rivalry game. But the big, mean NCAA [...]

The best NFL T-shirt you’ll see this year, courtesy of The World of Isaac:

You just gotta love those ad execs at Dolce & Gabbana. They’ve enlisted five rugby players from the Italian National Team for a new D&G underwear ad campaign that was shot in Paris. They will be pitching several D&G styles, including Skin Sensation, 24 Fit, Sport Camp, Olympia, Fresh and Highlight. There’s a link to a D&G [...]

Under Armour, the hyper-masculine line of workout gear, might just have muscled its way into an image problem with the same gay men who wear it proudly at the gym.
A piece from the New York Times explores the company and its meteoric rise since former college football player Kevin Plank launched it in 1996. (Hat [...]

We have had a couple of posts about New York Rangers hockey thug and fashion maven Sean Avery, which prompted me to joke that, given his tastes and interests, he is gayer than me. A summer intern at Vogue, Avery has a fashion photo slideshow, where he has the good sense in some shots to [...]

Wimbledon has long prided itself on the purity of the dress of its participants, who must be clad in “almost entirely white.” Enter Maria Sharapova, one of the top contenders this year, who has announced she’ll wear shorts and a T-shirt this week.
“I’m going with the traditional shorts, believe it or not”, she said. “I’ve [...]

Soccer stud David Beckham likes it big and on top.
His Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer sits atop the Western Conference, a position Beckham likes, according to his blog. And he towers above adoring fans in a billboard plastered across Macy’s in San Francisco’s Union Square that will soon be coming to cities including [...]

The swimming arms race continues unabated as the national teams from Japan and Germany have decided to use the newest high-tech body suits. Japan will use Speedo’s LZR suit, which was unveiled this winter, while Germany will use one being developed by Adidas. Other companies are also working on their versions of the suits, which [...]

When top jocks compete, they know how to accessorize.
Tennis babe Maria Sharapova debuted at the French Open last week sporting a pair of Elsa Perretti Wave Earnings and a pearl button closure to fasten the back of her Nike dress. The earrings go for $1,150 on the company’s site.
There’s more, according to the Wall Street [...]

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There is an interesting article on Reggie Love, 26, a former Duke basketball player, who is Barack Obama’s “body man” on the campaign trail. In this capacity, he has probably spent more time with Obama the past 15 months than the candidate has with his wife.

He makes sure that Obama gets up on time [...]