Nike is out to transformRafael Nadal's image. His shorter shorts will be loose as opposed to their tight sometimes see-through predecessors. Damn.Damn.Damn.Damn.Damn.Damn.Don't! ...

Sleeveless tees.Shin-length pants...And bandannas.Too much skin?And all that talk about the pantsthe talk about his reaching back to loosen them between points?Nicky say - That's the best part of the game.NY Magazine asks - Are his butt muscles just too big?Rafael NadalHe broughtsexy back! ...

Outsports notes that New York Magazine asks the pressing fashion questions about U.S. Open top seed and Olympic champ Rafael Nadal: "His has been called a 'pirate' look, but the interesting thing about Nadal’s style is that it’s so feminine—a thinner, less physical player could not pull off those clothes. Maybe that’s why he’s been greeted with the kind of moral outrage—'Abominable!' 'Infernal!'—usually reserved for the latest female player to show too much skin. Debate over the pants in particular, and Nadal’s habit of reaching back to loosen them between points, has trespassed on the familiar terrain ...

Thanks to MadProfessah reader carter (and New York magazine), I have this picture of brand new World #1 Rafael Nadal of Spain for your edification.Craig Hickman has more coverage of Nadal's ascension to #1. As for me, I wil be looking forward to Roger Federer's ascension to number one sometime in 2009. ...