These are not Hobbits.
That’s definitely Middle Earth. Judging from the topography it’s the area around Mordor, maybe Ithilien. Those are not Hobbits, more like Uruks. Run awaaay!
I don’t know much about rugby, but that’s the proper length of shorts for sports. Why are men’s tennis shorts so long? The women’s dresses are so short we can see their underwear when they serve. The men might as well be wearing white flannel pants. Marat Safin’s shorts go down almost to his knees, and yet the man’s legs are at least ten feet long. In the Borg-McEnroe era the men wore what looked to be hot pants. And this was back when tennis players didn’t go to the gym everyday (I think that started with Ivan Lendl and Martina Navratilova). Mac used to work out by playing doubles. If the ATP is serious about making tennis more popular, they should look into the shorts issue.
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February 14th, 2007 at 17:56
Roger Federer is so good he can make camo look pretty awesome. The shorts are still long though.
http://nike.jp/nikepro/
Even though the camo is fierce, Roger reverts to nice guy mode in the interviews on site. Guess he leaves his fierceness for massacres in Melbourne. A sheep inside a wolf’s clothing covered in sheep’s clothing. Or something like that. I like it.
February 15th, 2007 at 11:39
Rugby and football (soccer) seem to be the last bastions of real shorts. I guess that’s because the Americans arent too interested in it.
Tennis players can wear long shorts because the other fella isnt trying to wrestle them to the ground. When the priority is to deny the opposing team members a grip on your person with which to bring you down, shorter shorts are more practical. Notice the athletes competing in mixed martial arts. They wear what looks like swim trunks.
February 15th, 2007 at 23:45
Preach it, Jessica! Male athletes should give us MORE SKIN. And this is not even about just about having beefcake, this is about GENDER EQUALITY. If women can strut around with their inguinals, why can’t the men do it? Come on. Dapat magpakita rin ang guys! Next thing we know, basketball players would be wearing long sleeves. And some people I know would even be robbed of the sheer happiness of checking out the players’ muscled arms and hairy armpits.
I SO hate patriarchy!
February 17th, 2007 at 10:43
Did someone say male athletes and more skin? The sport you’re looking for is football. And no, not the insipid American football. We’re talking about the beautiful game that got the entire world up in arms last July. Hell, even our own Azkals (yes, they’re seriously nicknamed this) have gotten a little bit more light because of football fever. But I digress. Much skin and crazy goal celebrations for the ladies. For an appetizer, may I suggest Gennaro Gattuso taking off his shorts during the Italian celebration of the World Cup? Bon appetit!
February 18th, 2007 at 09:04
Marat Safin should play without his shirt on!