Sporting Goods: Nicolas Kiefer

Nicolas Kiefer wallpaper by Greg Jelinek.

Previously: Sporting Wood: Nicolas Kiefer

Nicolas Kiefer takes it off

Sporting Goods: Nicolas Kiefer

Germany's Nicolas Kiefer throws his shirt to spectators after he won his round of 16 match against Nikolay Davidenko from Russia at the ATP Masters Series tennis tournament in Hamburg, Germany, on Thursday. Kiefer won in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3.

Kiefer Madness!

Lots more shirtless Nicolas Kiefer here via here.
My previous Kiefer posts are all HERE.

Nicolas Kiefer Advances

Because of rain, it took sexy German bad boy Nicolas Kiefer seven hours to finally beat 29-year-old wild-card Marc Gicquel of France 6-0, 6-1, 5-7, 3-6, 11-9. Sadly, it was barely 50 degrees outside and Kiefer didn't take his shirt off to celebrate ... (AP)

Sporting Wood: Nicolas Kiefer

Both Tommy Haas and his countryman/archrival Nicolas Kiefer are playing extremely well Down Under. Will 2006 be the year of the Germans?

Nicolas Kiefer wallpaper by Greg Jelinek.

Kiefer Madness Sadness!

After losing the first set 6-0 and looking like he would get broken early in the next, Nicolas Kiefer just took the second set off Rafael Nadal in spectacular fashion. On to set 3!!!!

Me, looking ever so superimposed.

UPDATE: OK, so Nadal wound up being too much for Nic, beating the German veteran in four exciting sets. But it was a glorious night and although my not-cheap tickets weren't quite as not-crappy as I was hoping for, we were able to avoid replicating Adrian Tomine's recent New Yorker cover and actually watch watch the match rather than viewing it on the JumboTron, and that alone made it worth the expense. Another great outing at New York's finest sporting event.

Nicolas Kiefer Calls It a Career

Forgot to note that Nicolas Kiefer had announced his retirement last month, but figured you wouldn't mind this belated photo sendoff. The German hunk won six titles during his career and reached No. 4 in the rankings. More than anything, though, he was awfully nice to look at.

Kiefer Madness!

Lucky bitch: It seems Maria Sharapova's new hitting partner is none other than Germany's Nicholas Kiefer, aka the 10th hottest male tennis player of the open era!

Page 1 Consider (07/11)

Foul Ball: My baseball-free pal Matt didn't care too much for the Sean Hayes/Jane Krakowski/Cheyenne Jackson revival of "Damn Yankees." But when you have an Edith Prickley sighting and a chance to take a photo like this, what's not to like? (BoyCulture)

Goodbye 1913, Hello 2008: Massachusetts may open the door for nonresident gays and lesbians to get married there. (365Gay)

This WeHoLife: "In the Moment," the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center's online soap opera/HIV prevention program, gets a nice writeup in the L.A. Times. (Story)

Grand Old Party! Is Alabama's gay-hating attorney general, Troy King, about to resign because his wife caught him in bed with a male aide? (I think we all know the answer to that question!) (Towleroad)

Hopelessly Over You: I'm guessing the just-married Olivia Newton-John's not expecting her lost boyfriend to come back anytime soon. (DailyTelegraph)

Love TKO: Christie Brinkley and her philandering, Webcam jerking offing, porn-loving ex-model hubby, Peter Cook, have settled their messy divorce. The winner? The tabloids, of course. (DailyIntel)

Hung Jury? The trial of two men accused of killing a gay porn producer they saw as a competitor could last for several months and contain lurid details of how the seamy underbelly of gay life operates. (365Gay)

Stiffy for Stiffs: I knew teens were hard up for sex, but this is ridiculous. (AP)

Who's Your Daddy? Must we deal with this faceless retard to get to look at Casey Aldridge? Sure he's a pipe layer who's too stupid to wear a rubber when screwing jailbait (huh-huh, pipe layer). But look how cute he is with his fresh Supercuts 'do he got, just for the tabloids! (Trent)

Strong Black Man: Jesse Jackson wants to cut Barack Obama's nuts out? I'm guessing that's the same thing Jackson's wife was thinking about the "reverend" when she found out about his bastard children and various mistresses over the years. (NYDN)

Dead Marriage Society: Uma Thurman's engaged and Ethan Hawke just got married again. (ET)

Cautious Lip: Blondie, busy on the road celebrating the 30th anniversary of their classic "Parallel Lines," is planning to head back into the studio. Although Debbie Harry was somewhat evasive about the prospect of another album, drummer Clem Burke says, "Were going to try and make another record in the next year." I liked about half of 1999's comeback, "No Exit," and half of 2003's "Curse of Blondie." Maybe 2009 will be the year they strike gold again. (Mirror)

Kiefer Madness: Germany tennis hunk Nicolas Kiefer chops his trademark locks off and not everybody's loving it. (TennisServedFresh)

Friend With Benefit: Do we like Matt LeBlanc's beard? (PerezHilton)

Class Acts: It's got to be a great comfort to Cynthia Rodriguez that all of the strippers her husband, Yankees slugger Alex Ciccone, fucked behind her back are siding with her in her divorce proceedings. Now how about a conciliatory lap dance? (NYDN)

Afternoon Delight: Nicolas Kiefer

I'm not sure what the Germany hunk is doing exactly, but I like it.
More Kiefer Madness HERE.

Open Season

Tonight: Rafael Nadal vs. Nicolas Kiefer (BYOL)

Heading out to the Open this evening with Mikey. Should be great night. (I even sprang for really good seats --a first!) Venus goes on first followed by what could be a very interesting (and very fun to LOOK at) match-up between Nadal (who looks great with his shorter hair) and Kiefer, a (212) fave (let's hope he gets SHIRTLESS again).

It's worth noting that today is my four-year blogoversary (and my 6,538th post!!!), having started this blog as a way of sharing my excitement after getting home from a late-night third-round match-up between Tommy Haas and Robby Ginepri (can you imagine ME having to pick between those two???). Thanks to everyone who has helped make this such a great experience for me (and they said it wouldn't last). Hope you all have a great Labor Day weekend!

The 100 Hottest Male Tennis Players of the Open Era

1. Patrick Rafter: Always the most likable and lickable player on the circuit, it only makes me want to be this Aussie's mate more that three of the five photos I've selected are from after he retired. Yep. He's got the Rob Lowe gene.

2. Marat Safin: The second I saw this 20-year-old Russian blast his way through the 2000 U.S. Open I was in love. That he turned out to be a head case only deepened my affection.

3. Tommy Haas: The sexy German helped inspire my blog -- as well as a numerous other thoughts.

4. Pat Cash: Not sure if it was the mullet or the thick hairy legs in the Daisy Dukes, but Cash was on the money throughout my childhood.

5. Bjorn Borg: The stubble fixation started here. Oh, and the legs.

6. Goran Ivanisevic: This Croatian mad man has sex deviant written all over him. 

Update: Probably would have ranked even higher if I had seen these photos before 2025!

Update 2: See previous note!

7. Dmitry Tursunov: As I've said many times before, blonds are not my "type." But this Russian has to be everybody's type -- kind of the Johnny Davenport of men's tennis. 

8. Carlos Moya:: His bod and tattoo made the Spaniard look like the gay guy I always dreamed of meeting at the Roxy one Saturday night.  

9. Roscoe Tanner was so big and hot I'd have f**ked this Tennessee native even after he got a Toni Home Permanent. 

10. Nicholas Kiefer: Believe it or not, I barely even noticed this German  ... until he cut his hair.  

11. Robby Ginepri: Haas was playing Tommy Haas the night I got inspired to start my blog. Little did I know I would eventually find his hot ass in a sauna.

12. Feliciano Lopez hasn't had as big a career as some of his countrymen. But there's a reason why even Andy Murray's transgender mom can't stop drooling over this Spaniard.

13. John Newcombe: Tennis' greatest mustache was a gentleman and a champion.

14. Fernando Verdasco of Spain's big body caught the world's eye -- including Calvin Klein.

15. Peter Fleming: These pictures don't really do the 6-5 American doubles specialist justice. But believe me when I saw I had no choice but to follow him around the plaza at Roland Garros that time in '87. Those legs!!!!!

16. Butch Walts was a 6-4 Californian who reached a career-high ranking of 32 in 1979. But by the time my friend Greg and I ballboyed for him on the Phoenix TeamTennis squad in the summer of 1983, he was the No. 1 star of our endless fantasies.

17. Jan-Michael Gambill was a bit like the male equivalent of Anna Kournikova, only he actually won some tournaments. (His two-hands-on-both-sides style was as exciting to watch as his hot body.) These days, he's hanging out on Elton John's yacht with gay porn stars .. 

18. Tommy Robredo: It would be impossible for the impossibly beautiful Spaniard to take a bad photo. (A reader swears he's gay but Tommy's yet to have sex with me so I'm not sure. Anyone know anything?)

19. Johan Kriek: Hard to say what got me hotter about this South African: The short shorts or the bangs!

20. Jimmy Arias' hairy legs pretty much turned me gay ...

21. Simone Bolelli has me wanting to return to Italy, ASAP!

22. Jo-Willie Tsonga's body is only topped by his smile, the best on the tour!

23. Boris Becker wasn't really all that attractive. But he was so BIG and STRONG -- at 17! -- that I couldn't help but swoon. (I hear he's fun in a broom closet, too.)

24. Richard Gasquet may or may not have been a coke whore. But it's the Frenchman's crack that I'm addicted to.

25. Thomas Enqvist wasn't Sweden's best player, but he was definitely best suited for a second act in gay porn.

26. Mark Philippoussis is kind of like Jeff Stryker to me now: Thought he was the hottest man in the world at the time, seems kinda cheesy now. (But yeah, I'd still go five sets with him.)

27. Janko Tipsarevic of Sebia is hiding this behind those glasses and tennis whites.

28. Andy Roddick: It's been a pleasure watching the generatoin's best American grow into manhood.

29. Novak Djokovic: The body and the incredible success definitely add to the Serbian's appeal. But it's his fun personality that makes the Woody head fall away fastest! 

30. Pete Sampras: I'm not a big fan of Pistol Pete, but he did have his moment ... like the moment these photos were taken.

See the rest HERE.