There's a disturbing, passive, S&M vibe here. And those white things at either lower corner are his legs, so he's probably flashing his crotch; thank God the photographer kept that out of the frame.
Kasey Keller, alone, retains his dignity and manhood. Extra "guy" points for the hard-to-miss wedding ring.
Two things jump out. First, the way the cut of the shirt flashes a bit of his midriff. Dude, that's only sexy on chicks. Two, the way he's straddling a hard object. Dude, that's only sexy on chicks.
OK, there's no way to sugar coat this. He looks like he's being anally raped in a prison yard. But the look on his face makes you wonder if it's really rape. Or if he's really hoping there's a line of men back there.
Nah, I right clicked on the McBride pic, went to properties, and copied the URL. Then I pasted that, and deleted the McBride specific part. Which gave me this: http://hifiny.com/nytimesmag_soccer/
My God, if Rome ever gets a hold off those, he may do a special on MLS..... Uh, have the MLS players ever heard of having sign-off approval...how embarrasing...
No, that's way too blow-jobish. I can't believe their agents and US Soccer's publicisits signed off on this.
The problem with this one is that Pablo looks like he could be giving AND taking. Very disturbing. No wonder he cut his dreads shortly after this.
Man, the only thing this picture is missing is some fat Aryan Nation guy's hands on Cletus' shoulders. These pictures were HORRIBLE. I knew the NY Times leaned to the left, but this is ridiculous. I bet the players still get a lot of stick from the players who, mercifully, weren't a part of this.
WTF? I click on the "last page" of this thread to see if there's any news re: McBride, and I'm confronted by these disturbing photos AGAIN? I'm pretty sure that posting these specific photos violates the terms of service. If not, it should. Just when I forget that these things exist, they're thrust into my conciousness again. As long as we're discussing them, I'll offer this: I find it interesting that Keller, the player with the most fame and recognition (at the time the photos were taken), has the most normal photo, while Pablo, the most obscure player at the time, has the least normal. Coincidence?
Please, please no more! I'm eating lunch. There is a certain, I don't know, homoerotic quality to those pictures that makes me want to barf. What in God's name were they thinking?
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Gawd what a bunch of adolescents you guys sound like. Sure is terrible that the New York Times wanted to make sex symbols out of American soccer players, and -- gasp! -- tried to make them look sexy to that end. Homoerotic, shmomoerotic. I don't care if I'm the only straight guy in the stadium, as long as my team wins. Grow up.
None of us do, it's just that those photos are really that awful. This has been one of the more amusing threads on YA for a long time, maybe you need to grow up a bit.