Slog - Comments on Rafael Nadal http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal From Slog on May 9, 2006: Straight Ladies and Gay Gentlemen, I give you—again—hottest man in professional sports today: Rafael Nadal. He’s Spanish, he plays tennis, and he’s kicking ass. Today, of course, Nadal really kicked ass, winning the men's single title at Wimbledon. With his 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 6-7 (8-10), 9-7 victory in what must surely rank as one of the most dramatic and compelling finals of all time, Nadal became the first man since Borg to win both Wimbledon and the French Open in the same year, a landmark that has stood since 1980. Yet that barely... Copyright 2008 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:49:41 -0800 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:02:26 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by mike best. match. ever.

i need a nap

]]> mike http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066532 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066532 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:57:51 -0800 Comment by jmr Someone has finally unseated José María Olazábal as Hottest Spanish Athlete.

]]> jmr http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066535 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066535 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:03:52 -0800 Comment by Lilya I was completely exhausted and my blood pressure was through the roof! I just wanted to be put out of my misery because I couldn't take the excitement any more. They were both spectacular, but it was Rafa's time and it was freakin glorious!!!!!!

]]> Lilya http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066538 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066538 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:21:33 -0800 Comment by Balt-O-Matt I used to watch tennis all the time but lost interest around the time Sampras retired. I should start paying more attention. . .

]]> Balt-O-Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066542 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066542 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:27:55 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Jesus fuck. Carrot Top is hotter than that guy. You're insane.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066543 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066543 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:34:01 -0800 Comment by scary tyler moore oh, fiddle de dee, mr. poe. you're so cute when you're cranky. didn't you catch bjorn borg in the crowd, poe-sy? older, greying and very sexy.

]]> scary tyler moore http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066544 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066544 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:36:37 -0800 Comment by That's right, i'm bi Neither a straight lady, nor a gay gentleman am i

Yet while he was on my screen, young Rafael had my eye.

]]> That's right, i'm bi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066547 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066547 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:42:52 -0800 Comment by Bruce Garrett To each his own Poe. Gosh...I think I'll start paying more attention to tennis now...

]]> Bruce Garrett http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066548 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066548 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:44:05 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Ugh. Ugh! What the fuck is wrong with you people? STM, really? This guy? That's like saying I'm hideous, which I am, but damn.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066553 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066553 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:56:06 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe It must be the hair. The hair + the sweaty sticky hair. I can't stand long hair, and that smile...ugh, I hate it when people smile. Why are you smiling? It's so much sexier to be pissed off. Especially for no reason.

He's 22?! ROAOROAJKDFJSDJSNVJKDSkjdn

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066555 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066555 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:00:46 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO He is one of the hottest. Don't forget Man U's Cristiano Ronaldo & Liverpool's Fernando Torres...

What is it about the Iberian Penninsula?

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066559 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066559 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:05:28 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe This is one of the hottest.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066561 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066561 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:10:18 -0800 Comment by tomasyalba Nadal has an amazing high-water booty. After a few hours his undies appeared to bunch on him during the course of every point, because he had to try to discreetly yank on his behind to de-wedgie himself before every serve. Of course, the tennis was great too.

]]> tomasyalba http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066562 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066562 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:10:39 -0800 Comment by (too old; didn't masturbate) @12: to;dm

]]> (too old; didn't masturbate) http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066565 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066565 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:15:55 -0800 Comment by PopTart While I don't agree Carrot Top is hotter, I do find myself agreeing with Mr. Poe in general about Nadal, I don't find him all that hot. But, to each his own and everyone is entitled to their own definition of eye candy.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066568 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066568 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:35:03 -0800 Comment by Abby This is a good year for Spain, it is. While I appreciate Nadal, I'm not sure he's the hottest of athletes. There's some very intense competition. It's hard to pick at the moment, although Roque Santa Cruz is definitely in the running.

(Poe, you're adorable. I bet you'd like Roberto Donadoni- look him up.)

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066573 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066573 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:57:15 -0800 Comment by scary tyler moore yo poe! this is guy is hawt-ski for you!

http://www.askonasholt.co.uk/green/green/home.nsf/DAE04443A28A9F4980257169004590FC/$file/DmitriHvorostovsky.jpg

]]> scary tyler moore http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066574 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066574 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:11:34 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Roberto Donadoni needs some some super-serious conditioner, curly hair is fucking disgusting. I like my pubes on the crotch, not the head, a-thank-you.

@17

Not that bad! I'd probably let him do me.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066575 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066575 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:20:35 -0800 Comment by Abby Housewives' choice Jose Mourinho?

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066576 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066576 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:25:27 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Oh please. You all lose. The hottest Spanish athlete is:

http://www.waitandsee.acsite.org/index.jpg

Mr. Iker Cassillas, ladies and germs.


]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066584 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066584 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:14:41 -0800 Comment by Abby I still can't get into Iker, for whatever reason. Everyone loves him but I'm yet to be fully convinced.

Cesc Fabregas, though, is going from strength to strength.

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066586 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066586 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:25:15 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Cesc is hot, no doubt. But Iker...

Well, Abs, the good news is, you get Cesc and I get Iker ;-)


]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066587 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066587 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:33:02 -0800 Comment by This really needs to be said. Football is for losers and bitches and loser/bitches.

]]> This really needs to be said. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066588 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066588 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:37:19 -0800 Comment by scary tyler moore @23

i know what you are, but what am i?

]]> scary tyler moore http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066589 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066589 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:39:28 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball @23 -- I know you mean American football.

@24 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOGWbzUM-y8

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066590 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066590 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:41:19 -0800 Comment by Abby I think that's a fair deal, Jubilation. :D

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066591 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066591 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:44:28 -0800 Comment by Kim from California I completely agree Dan. I think he's adorable.

]]> Kim from California http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066592 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066592 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:44:31 -0800 Comment by FACT Sports are for people who were never good at sports, so they obsess about some idiot who can kick a ball fast and far.

]]> FACT http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066593 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066593 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:46:49 -0800 Comment by Abby And look good shirtless, @28. Don't forget the looking good shirtless part, it's integral.

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066595 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066595 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:48:29 -0800 Comment by FACT #2 Sports are for people who have no hope, so they place it elsewhere.

]]> FACT #2 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066596 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066596 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:50:17 -0800 Comment by FACT#3 Spots are for people who can't get laid by hot men, so they turn to sports to talk about the ones they'll never have: while eating a moon pie.

]]> FACT#3 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066597 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066597 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:51:52 -0800 Comment by cressona I was all about to remark about the incredible composure it must have taken Rafa to vanquish not just a mere mortal but Roger Federer, who is to tennis what Tiger Woods is to golf and what Michael Jordan was to basketball.

But then I started reading some of the comments so far and I realized this might not be the right forum...

Leave it to the Slog comments threads to take what may be the greatest victory in the whole history of tennis and reduce it to an adolescent ogle-fest.

I can only imagine if Slog had been around when Einstein won the Nobel Prize for Physics, the conversation would have gone something like this:

I would totally do Einstein. I'm into frumpy, little European men with super-high IQs.

I don't care if he discovered the theory of relativity, the guy's disgusting.

Dude, the guy did discover the theory of relativity.

Well, I'm still not doing him.

Disclaimer: The above observation should not be interpreted as an expression of disapproval. It is merely intended as an impartial, scientific observation, much like Jane Goodall made observations about apes.

Signed,
A happy Rafael Nadal fan

]]> cressona http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066598 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066598 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:55:33 -0800 Comment by FACT #4 You'll notice that most fantasize about men and not women, and that's because women fucking crack at sports. They're horibeejuz.

]]> FACT #4 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066599 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066599 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:55:57 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Thank you, cressona. You can go back to not getting laid now.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066600 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066600 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:57:23 -0800 Comment by Abby 33, that doesn't even make any sense. Revise, please.

And yes, 32, you're probably right, this is not the right place for serious sporting conversation. My serious conversation on the Euro 2008 finals was not held here. But I like having the opportunity to do both in my life.

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066601 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066601 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:01:35 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe THIS JUST IN!!!

Jew: i just saw a bad guy in cuffs escape from custody and jump in the bay outside the bar i just was at. then the cop stripping down to go in after him. oh boy!

Me: OH HELLS YEAH!!! SHOOT HIM!!! TELL THEM TO SHOOT HIM!!!

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066603 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066603 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:04:10 -0800 Comment by fast whatv im ok with blood lust

]]> fast whatv http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066606 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066606 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:10:29 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi @32,

You kill me. Although Einstein was supposedly very popular with the ladies. I don't know how he did with the gay men.

And for my part: Nadal shows his gums when he smiles. Gross.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066610 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066610 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:27:25 -0800 Comment by Shawn Fassett Nadal is not hot. I swear I heard John McEnroe mention once that the ATP doesn't test for HGH. Looking at Nadal's arms they need to start (that was one of the rumors on Henin and why she suddenly retired).

MUCH hotter tennis players: Janko Tipsarević, Juan Carlos Ferrero, David Ferrer and, Juan Monaco

]]> Shawn Fassett http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066618 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066618 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:57:51 -0800 Comment by Diana so. much. talking.

More pictures of Nadal, please?

]]> Diana http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066625 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066625 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:04:11 -0800 Comment by Gabe Dude looks like a lady.

]]> Gabe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066626 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066626 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:10:50 -0800 Comment by Gabe Just to add the minority straight guy POV as well, Amanda Beard (olympic swimmer)is super hot. So are Bremerton's own Tara and Dana Kirk. Barely legal Russian tennis players not named Sharapova are also hot. If you prefer cornfed American blondes, Fastpitch hurler Jennie Finch is pretty hot, though recently married. MMA fighter Gina Carano(AKA Crush on American Gladiators) is hot AND can kick my ass.

Anyway, congrats to Nadal. I guess he's hot too....for a guy.

]]> Gabe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066627 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066627 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:25:57 -0800 Comment by Matthew I agree wholeheartedly with Cressona. If I was watching a couple of smoking hot babes in a women's tennis match as titanic as this one was, I would lead with the titanic match aspect in comments, here or anywhere. The smoking hot babe part would be mentioned also, of course, but as a sidebar.

At any rate, I hope some of you horny homos actually realized you were watching the greatest tennis match in history while you were fantasizing about Nadal's sticky underwear.

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066628 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066628 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:49:31 -0800 Comment by alan Video interview with him here: http://www.elpais.com/

He looks so shy and nervous, clutching that trophy like a teddy bear. You just want to pick him up, and hold him, and, you know.

]]> alan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066635 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066635 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:44:42 -0800 Comment by Judith Hot bod, but he's a little Neanderthal-y I have to say. Though maybe that's hot to some people.

]]> Judith http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066636 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066636 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:57:00 -0800 Comment by Marie-Christine Mike in MO: Cristiano Ronaldo is not Spanish.

]]> Marie-Christine http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066644 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066644 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:48:58 -0800 Comment by nicole and christiano ronaldo is a spineless coward of a footballer (albeit talented). he should definitely be on the olympic diving team rather than playing soccer. plus nearly everyone on the italian national team is hotter.

]]> nicole http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066652 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066652 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:00:01 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO @ 46: But he is Portugese, which is part of the Iberian Penninsula. Dumbfuck.

Also, @ Abby & Jubilation: The whole Spanish side is SMOKIN. Except of course Carlos Puyol. Great defender, ugly motherfucker.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066661 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066661 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:23:08 -0800 Comment by Abby @48: Ugly motherfucker, yeah, but probably the best shirtless of all of them. (I've got a soft spot for Carles.)

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066663 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066663 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:30:23 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Ronaldo is a complete and utter tit.

And I speak as a long-time supporter of MUFC.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066665 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066665 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:34:28 -0800 Comment by tiffany that's debatable dan. he's only cute.

]]> tiffany http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066682 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066682 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:11:29 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO Abby: I have taken note of Puyol's physique, but lord that mug is frightening.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066697 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066697 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:42:06 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Part of it is process of elimination. Federer makes you think of Sting too much, and for that reason you must quickly move in another direction to stop thinking of that.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066777 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1066777 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:20:11 -0800 Comment by ermioni his the best, i watch tennis because he plays! federer is lost now

]]> ermioni http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1067520 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1067520 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:31:52 -0800 Comment by 1800f nd20JA gdfgdfg dfgfdgfd gfdgfgfd

]]> 1800f http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1068416 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1068416 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:59:40 -0800 Comment by 1800f nd20JA gdfgdfg dfgfdgfd gfdgfgfd

]]> 1800f http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1068424 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1068424 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:01:57 -0800 Comment by 1800f nd20JA gdfgdfg dfgfdgfd gfdgfgfd

]]> 1800f http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1068425 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/rafael_nadal#c1068425 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:02:26 -0800