On the Rag, Vol. 923

 

This week's rag 'n' mag roundup features Jack Innanen, Vlad Parker, Babymorocco, Dolly Parton, Nicolas King, Graham Campbell and more BELOW.

Remains of the Day (09/02)

Newsweek: More than half of NFL teams now have male cheerleaders, but their growing presence is still drawing plenty of online hate ... my favorite is HERE!

Gayety: Hate crime probe opened after two killed outside Tucson gay bar by suspect with a list of LGBTQ businesses, police say

Greg in Hollywood: Sexpot Tuc Watkins turns the big 6-0!

WW: Pat Cash, former Wimbledon champ, engaged to singer at 61 years old

Wrestle Wednesday: F**k, marry, kill?

KIT212: The mysterious hot-tub drowning of 26-year-old champion skier Holden Parazette has left his family demanding answers

ABC7: Serial butt-sniffer arrested again in Glendale

Book Riot: September brings a bumper crop of new LGBTQ books, including Marlon James’s tale of gay men in 1980s Jamaica, a Palestinian love story(!), a trans “Hamlet” retelling and a spin on “Frankenstein”

Washington Blade: I'd let this guy count the change in my pocket

Instinct: Jack Innanen missed "Heated Rivalry" season 2, but he will “show hole” ... his show "Adults" is the probably the funniest thing on TV

WaPo: Twenty years after Robert Wone’s notorious D.C. killing, a new dispute has emerged involving the gay throuple long considered the case’s main suspects

West Side Rag: Matthew Futterman shares his tips for navigating the U.S. Open, his picks to win it all and a young player he thinks could be the sport’s next big star

NYP: Inside the U.S. Open players’ private dining room, where 30 chefs serve up everything from homemade pesto and sashimi to vegan shakes to fuel the stars on court

DNA: Alan Carr’s ex-husband Paul Drayton turned the tables on a Grindr blackmailer threatening to leak his intimate photos, telling the extortionist to go ahead and post them

IG: Mary Beth Barone has advice for queers who own businesses

Hot Cat of the Day: Kyle Chandler and the cutest paper boy ever! 

LOL: How embarrassing -- does this still go on in the world?

Pre-order: Red Hot is turning up the heat for 2027 with a new calendar featuring 12 months of stunning ginger men photographed by a different male fine-art photographer each month

Queens for a Day

Just home from nearly 12 hours of rain-soaked action at the U.S. Open. I'll post more when I have time to go through my photos, but for now it's time to dry out!

 

Tennis Tuesday

 

More from CourtClub's winning campaign BELOW.

Meme Spirited

 

Connect on Goodreads to see if the Hemingway classic made my list HERE.

Weekend Tennis Roundup

Roger Federer and Mary Carillo were inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame while Ignacio Buse and Diane Parry captured the last warmup titles before the US Open, which is now under way. Full report plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.