You can’t get anything past Outsports reader Texas DayTripper. He was watching the Seattle Seahawks-San Francisco 49ers game today and saw something that made him stand up and take notice. Seattle long snapper Clint Gresham wasn’t feeling all that comfortable and just had to do a reach in, grab and adjust. We’ve all been there, [...]
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NFL Week 1: Best-looking team beats worst-looking team
Bills prove that looks win out; Romo gags one up for Cowboys; Colts, Steelers look ugly; Watch Tom Brady’s Ugg’s commercial, hot player of the week. How I saw Week 1 of the NFL, which we all over-analyze for meaning: Looks matter: Last week, I wrote about a silly but fun study that “proved” the [...]
Study says Buffalo Bills are the best-looking team in the NFL, Chiefs last
There is a fun, but utterly meaningless piece in today’s Wall Street Journal that attempts to rate the attractiveness of all 32 NFL teams. The no-duh revelation is that NFL players are overall better looking than the general population. And it found the Buffalo Bills the best looking team, with the Kansas City the least [...]
Jockeys pose shirtless for calendar
Twelve top American jockeys have stripped down for a 2012 calendar that will assist the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund. It costs $13.99 and is a good cause, and also shows these jockeys have some rocking bods. From the Albany Times Union: OK. Let’s just be frank. Jockeys are athletes. Many of them have rippling abs, [...]
Martina Navratilova knew Novak Djokovic was a special tennis player
With Novak Djokovic’s explosion to the top of the world tennis rankings I went back to an interview I did with Martina Navratilova. In 2007 I asked Martina whom she would want to coach if she could coach any tennis player in the world: It would have been Novak Djokovic, but he’s in good hands [...]
Photo gallery: World Cup rowers
Our good friend at Trackpic is shooting the yearly decathlon in Gotzis, Austria, and on his way there he stopped by Munich and shot some rowers preparing for a world cup meet. Here is a sample of what he took. We will post more from rowing and a complete decathlon gallery when he returns. Share [...]
British swimmers get naked for cancer awareness
Swimmers James Goddard, Ross Davenport and Grant Turner were among 28 British celebrities to pose naked for Cosmo UK in a June centerfold spread designed to raise awareness of male cancers like prostate and testicular cancer through the Everyman campaign. Said Davenport: “I feel so comfortable in my swimming trunks but, without that thin layer [...]
Novak Djokovic in swimsuit for Vogue
Tennis player Novak Djokovic is having an amazing year, starting 2011 with a 37-0 record, winning all seven events he’s entered. His sights are set on the upcoming French Open, dominated in recent years by Rafael Nadal. Vogue has taken notice with a story and photos (including one in a swimsuit) documenting his rise. One [...]
Eric Decker wins King of the Hardwood, thanks fans for voting for him
Eric Decker of the Denver Broncos withstood a late surge from rugby’s Nick Youngquest to win the 2011 King of the Hardwood contest, 50.5% to 49.5%. I imagine it’s the only thing a Bronco will win this year. Both men were very deserving, and I wonder if these Eric Decker stripping photos made the difference. [...]
Nick Youngquest wants your vote to be King of the Hardwood
In a first, an athlete in the King of the Hardwood is soliciting votes. The voting ends Thursday and rugby player Nick Youngquest trails the NFL’s Eric Decker, 55% to 45%. Youngquest just heard about the contest and sent us messages via Twitter, including this one: I think its cool the Youngquest gets the spirit [...]
KOTH final: Eric Decker vs. Nick Youngquest
Thursday is the deadline to vote in the final round in the 2011 King of the Hardwood contest, pitting Eric Decker of the Denver Broncos (top) and rugby player Nick Youngquest. In voting so far, Decker has a 54.5% to 45.5% lead. If the lead holds, it would break a three-year run by rugby players. [...]
King of the Hardwood: Vote for the Final Four
Voting is now open in the Final Four of the King of the Hardwood contest, and the winner will either be a soccer player, a football player, a hockey player or a rugby player. In one bracket, soccer’s Cristiano Ronaldo faces off against rugger Nick Youngquest and in the other, Eric Decker of the Denver [...]
Photo: Studs of steel
Thanks to a reader for this shot of these studs looking hard and strong as steel: Share on Facebook
Bruce Weber shoots Nick Youngquest for A&F
Nick Youngquest really has gotten into this whole male model thing. The gay-friendly Aussie rugby player with the smoldering looks and smoking body has been photographed by Bruce Weber for Abercrombie & Fitch. These shots don’t do much for me. It’s almost as if they’ve prettified and homogenized Youngquest; in some shots they have airbrushed [...]
King of the Hardwood: Round 2 voting
Baseball, basketball, hockey and tennis take the stage as Round 2 begins in the 2011 King of the Hardwood contest, run by longtime Outsports poster Mariner Duck Guy. The field of 64 is now down to 32 ad we will reach the Sweet 16 after this weekend. Vote here for the eight matchups featuring 16 [...]