Page 1 Roundup (04/24)

The Daily News: Pair of armed NYC muggers in medical masks use coronavirus pandemic to launch violent crime spree: cops

Man vows to dress like Death and haunt Florida beaches after early reopening

Madonna teams up with Meek Mill to send 100,000 masks to inmates and prison staff

Towleroad: Cuomo slams ‘ugly, petty, reckless’ McConnell for opposing ‘blue state bailouts’

Twitter: Tommy Haas freeballing while jumping rope

Habitat: A tale of two Covid-19 survivors, and their cats

The Hill: A horrifying 85% of Covid-19 patients placed on ventilators end up dying

Sacramento Bee: Man pulls knife on journalists covering anti-lockdown protest, California police say

GLAAD: Billy Eichner set to host virtual event and more ways to stay connected

Distractify: Racist high school girl has more time to spend with hot (racist) boyfriend after TikTok video gets her college offer rescinded, expulsion

NBC News: A gay Polish couple is fighting the coronavirus by handing out hundreds of rainbow face masks

Top health official who said he demoted for pushing back on "efforts to fund potentially dangerous drugs promoted by those with political connections" felt pressured to rush access to chloroquine treatments for the coronavirus after Trump had a conversation about it with Larry Ellison (of Indian Wells fame)

Boy Culture: When Lee Majors was a major fox

Dlisted: Andre Leon Talley goes in on Anna Wintour in his memoir

The WoW Report: Chris Hemsworth in a V-neck T-shirt

People: Sean Hayes reveals one of his favorite 'Will & Grace' episodes was with Cher, natch

BosGuy: For chest worshipers

Greg in Hollywood: Thanks to John Ritter, Leslie Jordan has never been able to stop thinking about Billy Bob Thorton’s penis

Reuters: Noah Rubin says hitting 'rock bottom' will force change in tennis

Gr8er Days: '80s heartthrob alert

New York Post: 1 in 5 New Yorkers may have had Covid-19, antibody tests suggest

 Coronavirus patients admitted to Queens nursing home -- with body bags

What’s going on behind the gates of shuttered Disney theme parks

Alex Trebek calling ‘Jeopardy!’ contestant a ‘loser’ stuns fans — 4 years later

Page Six: Amanda Woodward hasn't been to Shooters in a year

The Washington Post: Elizabeth Warren’s oldest brother dies of Covid-19

‘Complete disbelief’: Governors blindside front-line staff with abrupt reopening plans

Trump considers leveraging emergency coronavirus loan to force Postal Service changes, a pet project driven by his envy of its biggest customer, actual billionaire Jeff Bezos

Bloomberg: Trump mega-donor, a shipping magnate, pushes to end a shutdown

GMA: Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi and more rally for health care workers with 'Jersey 4 Jersey' concert

The New York Times: Jobless numbers are ‘eye-watering’ but understate the crisis

When not suggesting people inject disinfectants into their veins, Trump stays glued to the television

A seaside Irish village adopts Matt (O')Damon

Favorite line from 1979 Times profile I found about Blondie: Some entertainment moguls believe that Debbie has what it takes to go the route of a Streisand, a Diana Ross,or a Cher.

It goes on to this gotcha moment: "This 5‐foot‐3 powerhouse who gives her age as 34 (insiders place her on the other side of 35) shows no signs of an energy crisis as she blasts off into mainstream celebrity." (She was 34!)

Bodies of 2 transgender women found in badly burned car in Puerto Rico

The Wall Street Journal: House approves $484 billion bill to aid small businesses, hospitals

Zoom fatigue is real

For would-be travelers, this is the summer of wait and see

In 'Circle of Books,' the filmmaker tells the surprising story of her parents, who wound up running one of California’s most storied gay porn shops.

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My cat’s better but okay... @pancakesbenson (video by @garett__nolan )

A post shared by Violet Benson (@daddyissues_) on Apr 1, 2020 at 9:15am PDT

Hot Cat of the Day: Kitty's right about this guy's voice. But being held in his arms doesn't seem worth such a struggle.

Tennis Tuesday

A newly bearded Tommy Haas posted a slideshow of his rich history of practicing shirtless -- and wait'll you see his dad. Check it out HERE.

Page 1 Roundup (03/27)

The Daily News: Unemployment is so high over coronavirus that N.Y. has to hire more workers to handle jobless claims

NYC has 23,112 cases of coronavirus as death toll reaches 365

Coronavirus: NYC hospitals scour ‘nooks and crannies’ to add more beds

Boston Globe: More than 160 Boston hospital workers test positive for coronavirus

Instagram: Remembering sex bomb Jon-Erik Hexum 

People: Sara Foster argues with husband Tommy Haas about Peloton bike while social distancing

Raw Story: Virginia pastor who said COVID-19 was anti-Trump 'mass hysteria' dies of virus

Bloomberg: Billionaires want people back to work. employees aren’t so sure

ProPublica: Internal emails show how chaos at the CDC slowed the early response to coronavirus

Intelligence: Why can’t Bernie accept that Democratic voters didn’t want him?

Twitter: The Trump campaign just released a cease and desist letter demanding that TV stations immediately pull this -- so obviously share it everywhere!

Gr8er Days: 'Curly' Neal, Harlem Globetrotters ball-handling legend, dies at 77

Baseline: Andy Roddick reveals his favorite WTA player to watch

Towleroad: Remembering a brave, gay nursing manager who died from Covid-19

Greg in Hollywood: Diana Ross is 76, Gloria Steinem is 86 and Speaker Nancy Pelosi is 80!

New York Post: U.S. now has more coronavirus cases than any other country

House Dems including 2020 hopeful, show coronavirus symptoms

Dlisted: Demi Lovato landed herself a hot piece

The Washington Post: Trump -- who has no authority over the matter -- pushes to open parts of country as governors in hard-hit states warn more needs to be done to combat pandemic

As Trump signals readiness to break with experts, his online base assails Fauci

‘Unorthodox’ carefully and beautifully depicts a young woman’s flight from tradition

The New York Times: U.S. now leads the world in confirmed cases

3.3 million file unemployment claims as economy comes apart / Note the devastating full-page graphic 

Another way Trump's incompetence is hurting the U.S.

The Wall Street Journal: Can you socialize while social distancing? Sort of.

New York bars now serving boozy drinks ‘to go’

Struggling to sleep? These high-tech headbands could help

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@vikkenmusic

A post shared by Bodega Cats (@bodegacatsofinstagram) on Mar 25, 2020 at 5:49am PDT

Hot Cat of the Day: Oh, hi! Didn't expect to see you here.

Tommy Haas and Marat Safin Have Still Got It

😂(🎥@Eurosport_RU ) pic.twitter.com/qgEurL7Jcf

— doublefault28 (@doublefault28) January 30, 2020

Isn't that my No. 2 and No. 3 hottest male tennis players of all time -- all grown up? We’re just missing Patrick Rafter and I’d be set ...

Looks like some kind of exhibition with new Hall of Famer Goran Ivanisevic and Lleyton Hewitt, who has suddenly become a hot daddy. (Yes, I know Safin left tennis to join Putin's anti-gay brigade. Russians are horrible.)

P.S. Suffice to say, I'm thrilled Novak Djokovic is through to the Aussie Open final. Was also impressed that Dominic Thiem was able to conquer Rafael Nadal in a major. (Now will he be able to beat Zverev, or will he crap out like he did in the Masters final?) Sofia Kenin was very impressive in her win over Ash Barty. And what a thrill to see Garbine Muguruza playing well again.   

Hey @AndyRoddick, Sofia is into the Final.
Think she can return your serve now?@SofiaKenin | #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/0eeDTP2Tzg

— TENNIS (@Tennis) January 30, 2020

This is really adorable! But with that accent are we sure she moved here a few months after she was born?!

UPDATE:

Well, what do we have here?!!!

Weekend Tennis Roundup

There's not a lot of pro tennis going on this time of year, but the "seniors" are keeping busy -- and it didn't take Marco Baghdatis long to join the ranks! He, Greg Rusedski and Tommy Haas won the latest stop on the ATP Champions Tour, defeating Team Goran (Juan Carlos Ferrero, Xavier Malisse and captain Goran Ivanisevic) 3-1 in Sunday’s championship match at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Greg and Tommy

Silver homophobic fox alert

Around the net ...

What's your No. 1?

Filip Krajinovic

Jan-Michael Gambill and his beau have been busy boys ...

Cheers, queers! 

Tanorexic?

Borna Coric: How sweat it is ...

Reilly Opelka's hot game boy  ...

Who commented on Diego’s photo as such:

“Brooo. I think I can see a wrapper.”

Grigor’s got back.

Christian Harrison couldn't stop filming his hot friend's ass at the gas station ...

Make of it what you will ... a guy can dream!

Because there's always a fish near the ocean ...

Not exactly what I'd be doing with Oliver Marach's ass, but it's a start ...

P.S.

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what's a weekend? #saturdays #gym #fitness

A post shared by Matt Ebden (@matt_ebden) on Nov 29, 2019 at 10:30pm PST

In case you wanted to know more about Matt Ebden's ass ...

Tennis Tuesday

I'm not gonna lie: I like a good May-December romance as much as the next gay. And I can't think of a better pairing than Tommy Haas and Taylor Fritz, who were wisely cast by Masimo Personal Health for this ad. (Just look at all that pent up aggression.) And tell me "How do you like this, old man?" isn't the sexiest porn dialogue you've never heard? 

French Toast

Tommy Haas posted this all-star tennis photo from Paris. How many can you name? 

Justin Gimelstob Pleads No Contest in Halloween Attack

Prosecutors say Justin Gimelstob pleaded no contest to misdemeanor assault for attacking a former friend in Los Angeles on Halloween 2017. The ex-tennis player turned executive, commentator and coach -- who has a history of misogynistic remarks -- received three years’ probation, 60 days of community labor and must complete 52 weeks of anger management classes for what judge called a "violent, unprovoked attack in public in front of children."

Los Angeles Times reports:

Gimelstob was accused of attacking Randall Kaplan, a longtime friend of the tennis circuit veteran’s former wife. Kaplan, a venture capitalist, was walking with his wife and 2-year-old daughter in West L.A. on Halloween about 6 p.m. when the attack occurred. 

Kaplan, addressing the court Monday, said that he never saw his attacker coming and that he feared for his life as he endured blows to his head and upper body.  

“During that time, I was punched at least 50 times but when you count it -- 1 ... 2 … 3 ... the actual number was likely over 100,” he said. 

“I realized that people had finally stepped in to pull my attacker off of me, who was still saying, ‘I’m going to … kill you’ while he pointed at me with eyes of a crazed lunatic,” Kaplan said, adding that his family lives in fear of Gimelstob.

The wife of Gimelstob's victim says she suffered a miscarriage as a result of watching her husband get brutalized in front of their 2-year-old daughter.

Bill Simmons at Inside Tennis writes:

So we must ask what will the impact be of devastating #Gimelstob event, which according to reports, does not stand alone. Justin has such talent and is a powerful figure in tennis and the ATP. Will he retain his coveted position on the ATP Player Council? Will Tennis Channel put him back on the air? And most important will he gain the understanding that violence & threats are just not acceptable -- period. Will he learn to control his anger?

Does Tommy Haas realize how lucky he was he wasn't attacked for winning this tiebreak match against JT?

Read the full victim impact statement from Randall Kaplan, the man beaten by Justin Gimelstob last Halloween. (1/5) pic.twitter.com/S1qCKl4Ovh

— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) April 22, 2019

UPDATE: A law firm representing Gimelstob reached out to provide a statement from him. I said I would add it -- but warned that it would only further the impression that he takes no responsibility whatsoever for his actions:

"Justin Gimelstob pled [sic] no contest today to the charge filed against him and the Judge, after evaluating the evidence, exercised his discretion and reduced the charge to a misdemeanor. Justin did this to move on with his professional life and focus on his family."

Question: Does anyone have a picture of the 6-5 Jersey native in his "Top Gun" pilot getup?

Tennis Tuesday

I think it's fair to say retirement AGREES with Tommy Haas ...

Tennis Tuesday

Strength and conditioning coach Martin Nosko is definitely a cock tease ...

When you officially retired but you keep on finding yourself on the table for treatment 😂 @peakwellness

A post shared by tommy haas (@tommyhaasofficial) on Apr 23, 2018 at 7:01am PDT

But then again, so is 40-year-old and retired Tommy Haas ...