You just know that to be as big a dick as Don Draper has been, you had to have an actor to fill his shoes. Or pants as the case may be. This is Jon Hamm, parading around New York, seemingly sans underwear and shame. If ever there was a reason for the ‘Bulge‘ category here, this is certainly it. Not sure if these photos have been enhanced. There’s only one way to find out for sure. Oh Don…?
In honor of the opening weekend of the NFL season (that’s football for those of us who don’t know – I looked it up), here are a few shots of a shirtless, and bulging, Steve Weatherford. He was recently in the news for a possible hazing event, and he plays for the Giants. That’s all I could be bothered reading.
I was recently talking with Skip, my go-to straight guy for sports-related advice and info, and he mentioned that football trumps baseball when it comes to prominence. I was going to go all-out for a big World Series, well, series of posts, but he said the Super Bowl was a much bigger event. I’m still planning a few baseball posts for the end of the season, but otherwise our next big sporting event will be the Super Bowl. It will be hard to top last year’s event, but I’ll do my best. In the meantime, Mr. Weatherford in all his shirtless glory.
While this probably wouldn’t be my first choice of attire in selling my first autobiography, I suppose you work your strongest assets when you’re hawking a book. In this case, Tom Daley is working that Speedo like a bitch in heat. (This gratuitous post is a reminder of our Summer Olympics – the posts of which I’ll try to repopulate if ever I find a spare minute.)
Not only is Ben Cohen beautiful and confident in the underwear department, he also has a tremendous heart, as evidenced by his StandUp Foundation. Check it out HERE, and pick up some of his underwear if you are so inclined.
That is what some of the fans of Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham call themselves – bitchams – and I’m adding my name to the list.
Far more than Tom Daley, Mr. Mitcham really makes me miss the Olympics… and the Summer of the Speedo. He’s cuter, his accent is hotter, and he plays for my team. Team Bitcham all the way.
Ben Cohen in various states of underwear will be featured in the next day of posts, so stick around, or come back often.
Despite our in-flux status, or perhaps because of it, this seems as good a time as any to examine the evolution of David Beckham and his briefs-encapsulated bulge. God knows we could use the hits… The featured image above is the first time many of us got a glimpse of Becks and his balls, and it remains iconic. Compare that to the one below, in which he appeared with his wife, Victoria (who will always be known as Posh in my book). As much as I love her, I’ve cropped much of her out.
A few years pass before his latest venture, his own line of underwear for H&M. As disappointing as their first offering was (fabric and fit was all wrong), I may have to give it another go, even with the unfortunate mustache that accompanies the new promo images. The Power of Beckham in Briefs. It’s very real.
This may be the part of the Olympics that some people miss the most: the after-diving shower. It’s just a question of which part.
Okay, I’m a bit biased, as he’s the first (and only) Olympian who was nice enough to follow me on Twitter, but Matthew Mitcham is my new favorite diver. (What’s the matter Tom Daley? Are you scared of me or something?) Even if Mr. Mitcham didn’t extend that courtesy, I’d have been enamored of him for being one of the only Olympians to live proudly and openly as a gay man.
It seems like such a small thing, and such an insignificant thing when you’re in the running to be the single best diver in the world, but to some of us it makes a world of difference. To some, this is everything – the peek into a future of possibility and hope – the seed of an idea that this might one day be you. If you’ve had to grow up without that, you have no idea what kind of power that holds.
One of these things is not like the others…
The one that looks slightly more, well, excited, is Henrik Rummel – one of the US Olympic rowers. Just when you think it’s the pool guys that offer the most intriguing views, the rowers throw on some spandex and suddenly Mr Rummel’s a human sundial.
Welcome to the Wonderland of Zonderland. This guy set the high bar, well, high – and deservedly won the gold medal for the Netherlands.
Not sure what the point of showering in your Speedo is, but Michael Phelps knows way more about water sports than I ever will, so we’ll leave it at that.
