Football (Soccer) for the Ladies??!!!

OK ... no doubt this is already a slow hockey off-season (and it just started!), so throwing out a few athletes from other sports isn't going to hurt ESPECIALLY when they look like THIS!!!

The World Cup is underway, ladies, and that means totally buff men (to me, anyway ... I'm not much of a soccer fan!).  The above is Vanity Fair's June cover featuring Didier Drogba and hunk Cristiano Ronaldo (who is pretty infamous for obvious reasons ... if that isn't a perfect specimen of a man, IDK what is!) -- DEAR LORD forgive me for seeing myself run my fingers down that perfect six-pack of his and reaching that happy ... OK, that's enough!!  Let's move on to the next picture ...

This summer, as the World Cup heads to South Africa, close to a billion people will be watching “the Beautiful Game.” Annie Leibovitz photographs some of the reigning gods of the stadium ...  Plus: Soccer’s Hottest Stars Flaunt Their Colors—and Little Else—for Annie Leibovitz.

And the stars featured in the picture above are (from Vanity Fair article, "Playing for the World"):

SULLEY MUNTARI, Ghana

AGE: 25. CLUB: Inter Milan. POSITION: Midfielder.

LANDON DONOVAN, U.S.A.

AGE: 28. CLUB: Los Angeles Galaxy. POSITIONS: Attacking midfielder, striker, winger.

KAKÁ (RICARDO IZECSON DOS SANTOS LEITE), Brazil

AGE: 28. CLUB: Real Madrid. POSITION: Attacking midfielder.

SAMUEL ETO’O, Cameroon

AGE: 29. CLUB: Inter Milan. POSITION: Striker.

PATO (ALEXANDRE RODRIGUES DA SILVA), Brazil

AGE: 20. CLUB: A.C. Milan. POSITIONS: Striker, winger.