So, people magazine came out with its list of the "25 sexiest men alive!" and aside from number 1 - johnny depp and number somethings lenny kravitz & colin farell, this is one lame list. Ashton Kutcher? Oy. Hugh Grant? Ay que lastima! This is no list. Here's my top 5 list:
1. Allen Iverson. Nobody is more courageous. Nobody works harder with more injuries. He's his own man, and doesn't take lip from anybody. Like Frank, he does it his way. You think he's a punk? I say YOU drive the lane against shaq with a sprained wrist, crushingly painful back, and broken finger and then come back and tell me who's a punk.
2. Warren Buffet. Charismatic, charming, funny AND self-deprecating, and oh by the way, the wealthiest man on God's green earth. Here's another person that has lived his own life, and shrugged and smiled during the go-go times when people said he just didn't get it any more. Enough confidence for a thousand men, Buffet comes in at number 2.
3. Tom Brady, Quarterback, New England Patriots. Good-looking, single, doesn't know the meaning of the word pressure, confidence bordering on lunacy, I can't think of anybody right now in business, sport, politics, or entertainment who better emboddies the old saying "when the going gets tough". A winner. Winners are sexy.
4. ME. what the hell. how can i not be on the list.
5. Ricardo Mayorga. People magazine talks about "bad boy colin farrell". please. you want a bad boy on your sexiest men alive list? you have two choices and they're both boxers: Erik Morales or Ricardo Mayorga. The nod goes to mayorga for his cominbination of wit outside the ring, devasting style inside the ring, and his unrivalled ability to humiliate an opponent before and during the fight, only to heap praise upon the defeated afterward. From boxing observer:
Ricardo Mayorga is, pound for pound, the most exciting fighter in boxing today. The Nicaraguan bad-boy became 'the man' at welterweight by smashing former welterweight king Vernon Forrest in three scintillating rounds, and then outpointing his nemesis in the rematch. His out-of-ring antics (downing slices of pizza during weigh-ins and referring to opponents as 'clowns') wouldn't be as amusing as they are if 'El Matador' didn't have the punch to back it up. And a punch he has: Mayorga has stopped title-holders in his last two fights in devastating fashion, and 23 of 25 fighters overall were unable to remain on their feet until the final bell. His "fifth-grade bully" fighting style, combined with a penchant for taunting and humiliating opponents, makes him the must-see fighter he is today.
< in bad paul-hogan aussie accent > "now THAT's a list!" < end paul hogan tag >
i'm realizing in hindsight here that i have three people in sport on the list to people's NONE. i think that trend would pretty much stop here if i went on, but I don't have the time.
Posted by Dick at December 5, 2003 02:35 PM | TrackBackSo few comments on this post. Well, I suppose everyone is afraid to point out that Dick's one-time latent homosexuality has now come to the fore. Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.
Now one could make the case that Dick is not gay, he's simply narcissistic, and given that he himself is male, it's possible he's projecting his own self-love onto other men with whom he identifies.
I, for one, will stick with the Gay Theory.
Posted by: Scott Hess at December 9, 2003 02:36 PM