Remains of the Day (07/17)

YouTube: Jesus, is this an ad for Swatch or DentaHealth? 

ICYMI: One of the cute New Wave boys I posted yesterday wound up becoming the face of The Gap in Europe in the late '80s. Can you figure out who?

Back2Stonewall: Liberty Counsel hate group leader Mat Staver: The “Q” in LGBTQ includes pedophiles

Instagram: Soccer is better when players parade around in tiny white briefs

Towleroad: Gay Iowa official awarded $1.5 million in discrimination suit against former Gov. Terry Branstad

Dlisted: Prince Hot Ginge looks extra sexy in profile

The AIDS Memorial: Fascinating write-up about the man who brought the Stonewall Inn back into existence as we know it now

TMZ: Pete Buttigieg still raking in major celeb donations for 2020

The Film Experience: Which dramas have been nominated for the most acting Emmys?

Apple Insider Podcast: Blondie's Jimmy Destri on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and Steve Jobs 

The Guardian: Kate Pierson talks about the joy and tragedy behind her favorite B-52s songs of their back catalogue, from "Rock Lobster" to "Love Shack"

C+C: Antoni models his package in Tom Ford

The Wall Street Journal: Linda Ronstadt recalls her mom’s pain and her dad’s evening song

Greg in Hollywood: Hot 29-year-old alert!

Typewriter Rodeo: An evening with Kathy Valentine is always guaranteed fun

Socialite Life: "Big Little Lies" -- which I like better this season than the first because I don't feel like I'm in an abuse relationship with Perry -- isn't coming back for a third season

NewNowNext: She was fired for being trans -- the Supreme Court is about to hear her case

Boy Culture: Philip Fusco is sex on a beach

Hot Cat of the Day: Midas has the touch all right, surviving four hours in the frame of a Honda!

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Instagram: Oakland wide receiver Ryan Switzer's jockstrap -- or lack thereof? -- is very distracting

Gothamist: A good reason to boycott Nathan's hot dogs

Dlisted: Asia Argento blames dead guy for her sexual-assault settlement

Back2Stonewall: Gay San Francisco police officer files sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit against SFPD

The Washington Post: Yet another member of Donald Trump's inner circle admits to being a criminal

Greg in Hollywood: Trevor Donovan posts sexy wet pics!

The New York Times: "John McEnroe" captures a perfectly imperfect tennis star

HuffPost: How to date when you're drowning in debt

Hunk du Jour: Brody Harris does a pair of skimpy white briefs justice

Metrosource: What will Emmy season look like for LGBT viewers?

The Randy Report: Randy Rainbow skewers Omarosa with his brilliant "Oklahoma" parody

The WoW Report: Police in Pakistan arrest two men for murder of trans woman after finding her body parts in shopping bag

Towleroad: This shirtless violinist teamed up with a pianist and dancer for a barechested cover of Troye Sivan's bottoming anthem, "Bloom"

NewNowNext: Traci Lords on "Swedish Dicks," Keanu Reeves and gays

Curbed: What $2,700 rents in New York City right now

Daily Intel: North Korea hasn't stopped making nukes, says U.N. watchdog

The Film Experience: Oscar's all-time favorite supporting actors

OMG Blog: Michael Yerger of "Survivor: Ghost Island" may be the hottest D-list nudie yet

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Tennis Tuesday

It doesn't look like lightning will be striking twice in the Good Tennis Movies Department -- I've heard the only thing "Borg vs. McEnroe" got right was the Swede's sexy underwear. 

But the trailer certainly isn't hard on the eyes -- Sverrir Gudnason is a dead-ringer for the Bjorn -- and bares all in the shower at 1:40.

Weekend Tennis Roundup

Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia-Herzegovina won in St. Petersburg, claiming his first ATP title with a come-from-behind victory over Fabio Fognini, 3-6 6-4 6-2. As sexy as the fiery Italian is in skimpy briefs and Speedos, I'm glad he lost. His misogynistic ways are just not cute.

Plus Damir's got legs of his own ...

German ginger Peter Gojowczyk also popped his ATP cherry ...

embarrassing Frenchman Benoît Paire 7-5 6-2 for the crown in Metz, France, in what might have been one of the hottest -- and high-haired -- finals of 2017!

At least the French team of  Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin -- the son of 1983 Roland Garros semifinalist Christophe Roger-Vasselin -- delighted the home crowd by capturing the doubles title 7-5, 6-3 over Wesley Koolhof and Artem Sitak.

If the depth in the tournaments seemed nonexistent, it's partly because everyone and his brother was in Prague competing in the Laver Cup, a newfangled exhibition pitting Europe vs. the rest of the world. 

In what was a surprise to no one, Team Europe (whose players have a combined 36 majors) beat Team World (who have a combined zero -- and not even one major finalist) 15-9 to win the inaugural outing, capped by Roger Federer’s 4-6, 7-6, (11-9) victory over Nick Kyrgios.

I have a lot of issues with these types of events because the top players are always whining about the season being too long, but have no problem traveling halfway around the world for big cash.

 But I'm not going to complain too much about seeing Bjorn Borg "compete" against John McEnroe (as respective captains), seeing what Thomas Enqvist looks like these days (hot as ever!) or adorable moments like this one, above!

In women's action: The seventh time was the charm for Caroline Wozniacki, who won her first title of 2017 in Tokyo after losing in six straight finals. Her 6-0, 7-5 win over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova was an empathic way to end the Danish drought. 

Jelena Ostapenko beat Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-4 to win the Korean Open. Although it was a rinky-dink tournament, I'm heartened to see the reigning French Open finally won her SECOND career title.

And finally, Shuai Zhang beats Aleksandra Krunic to win the Guangzhou title. It was the first meeting between the two players, with the No. 2 seed coming out on top with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 victory over the unseeded Serb to reclaim the crown she previously won in 2013.

John McEnroe Tells Margaret Court Where to Shove Her Homophobia

John with activist/photographer son Sean, who told the Gray Lady he "identifies as a straight man"

Frankly, I'm loath to give neanderthals like Margaret Court any more attention than she's already getting. But when the "self-appointed commissioner of tennis" goes to the trouble of recording a video making a fool out of her, I'm gonna share!

Watch HERE.

John thinks he knows where Court's anti-gay hate comes from.

THIS is worth a read -- I hope I don't catch lesbianism at Wimbledon next month!

Knife the 'Mac'

Filming of "Borg vs. McEnroe" is reportedly under way, with director Janus Metz Pederson at the helm.  Unlike tennis's Battle of the Sexes, I grew up obsessed with the Borg-McEnroe rivalry. That said, I already lived it -- so I'm not entirely sure I need to see the whole thing being re-enacted, especially with nearly 30-year-old Shia LaBeouf as the very young Johnny Mac ...

and 37-year-old Sverrir Gudnasson as the stylish Swede (Borg retired when he was 26!).

Permageddon 

Song of the Day: 'Goodbye to You' by Scandal

  Remember getting this EP -- along with the first Tom Tom Club album and Toronto's "Get It on Credit" -- for Christmas in 1982. Was horrified to read that nearly every male member of this band died a horrible (early) death.

The One(s) That Got Away

The Trophy That Roger Federer Has Never Won   

This WSJ article focusing on Roger Federer's fifteenth attempt at winning the Italian Open is noteworthy more for the fact that it fails to mention the most famous droughts of all time: Bjorn Borg's nine unsuccessful U.S. Open attempts, the last of which upset him so much it forced him to retire at 26. I guess it's all about the "active" players these days. #yawn

Talking Heads

 I'm the longtime president of the Tracy Austin Fan Club, but I couldn't agree less with her being voted the second-best tennis commentator by readers of Tennis Tuesday. I'm not sure what the original question was -- all of the people on the list are players-turned-analysts, so was that a requirement? -- but Mary Carillo is a former player and didn't even rank. And even the woman I hated most growing up, Pam Shriver, is better than Tracy, whose stiff delivery and overstating of the obvious really grates on me. (Would LOVE to have lunch, though, gurl -- you're my fave off out of the booth!) I'm fine with John McEnroe on top, although Chris Evert is my favorite for a host of other reasons! (She and Pam could take that show on the road!) See the list HERE.

From Chris' Facebook wall:

Loved meeting and spending time with Tracy Austin's boys...so cute and polite! Like their mom!

Page 1 Consider (07/17)

You Cannot Be Serious!

John McEnroe’s son Kevin, 27, busted with cocaine, painkillers, morphine: source 

The Daily News reports that Kevin McEnroe, the 27-year-old son of John McEnroe and Tatum O'Neal, was stopped by cops on the corner of E. Fourth St. and Avenue A about 11:24 p.m. Tuesday after making an apparent drug deal, police say. His alleged dealer, 22-year-old Niro Meneses, of the Upper West Side, was also arrested and charged. This is heartbreaking for any parent, but it must be especially difficult for John, who watched his marriage crumble as the result of drug abuse by his first wife. Read HERE.. 

Got Legs, Know How to Use 'Em

To celebrate the opening day of Wimbledon, let's take a moment to look at players past. My pal Drew writes:

Not sure if you've seen this. Slightly terrified. Slightly turned on. lol.

Stroke Them, Stroke Them

Talk about a motley crew: John McEnroe, blues great Buddy Guy, Billy Squier (check out the guns!), Vitas Gerulaitis and Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith, circa 1983. (Photo by D. Dowlen)