What not to wear

I'm here, not only to report on sports or the occasional celebrity arrest, but I also want to help. So here's the first ever what not to wear: athlete's addition

Let their terrible fashion sense be a lesson to you, after all its not how you play the game but how you look before/during/after that will impress the ladies.

We'll start with clothing:
1. Rafal Nadal is a great tennis player but his outfits are not getting any props from me, especially since I’m holding him personally responsible for the outbreak of “manpris” in New York City.

(Oh, and the cut-off shirt we'll get to that later...)

-Short shorts aren’t really a great look either.

(John Stockton)

2. Ah, the t-shirt. Worn correctly and you’ll have all the girls swooning.

But worn like this:

(Rocco Baldelli and Ty Wigginton)

Or This:

(Jason Bay)


And you'll probably be going home early. Now I'm not saying that this is the reason why these teams seem to be in the basement of their respective divisions, but the Atlanta Braves don't frequent this look and they won 14 straight division titles.

-Oh and the overly big shirts should be burned or at least thrown into the dryer

(Eli and Peyton Manning)

-You should also try to avoid clothing that features animals of any kind (i.e. prints or you know, horses)

David Beckham with wife Victoria (people.com)

Now onto the accessories:

1. I think the one thing that annoys me the most is when athletes wear too much bling. Big Diamond Studs:

(Allen Iverson)


-Or ridiculous gold/platnium chains, most often seen on the baseball diamond:

(Pedro Martinez)

-The only time bling is acceptable is when it’s a super bowl ring:

2. Right up there with the “manpris” is the “man purse” Can’t we leave anything to the girls? Capris and purses are our bread and butter. What’s next, high heels and skirts? (It didn’t even work on Ashton Kutcher, who I also blame for the trucker hat, but that’s another post)

(Tom Brady with gal pal Gisele)

3. Sunglasses were created to protect your eyes, not the brim of your cap, Dale, Jr.

4. Some girls are all for a guy who maybe hasn’t shaved in a day or two (please mousturize, we spend hundreds of dollars to get our skin exfoliated at a spa, we don’t need our boyfriends to do it for us.) But when it gets to looking like Grizzley Adams, you know it’s time to shave:

(Johnny Damon)

-We’re equally as creeped out with the mustache (unless it’s on Keith Hernandez)

(Jake Plummer)

5. Tattoos, on some guys it works (not for me, but I’m saying general population of females), but with everything, there’s a limit:

(Justin Miller)

-Unless your tattoos show your love of America, then I say, the bigger the better!

(Jeremy Shockey)

Finally, when in doubt just avoid this look altogether!

(David Wright)

Not only is he wearing a sweat band, but I think he's also rocking grey sweatpants, nice!

Did I leave anything out?

It's been fun blogging with you,

Kate