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2008-07-24T17:38:00.004-05:00

Random.

So I felt completely random and bored the other day, so I was looking at the feedjit live traffic thing on my blog and saw that a huge percentage of the visitors to the blog are from the U.S.

And I know for a fact that the majority of the pics on my site are not of U.S. players. That got me thinking (which is usually a dangerous thing).

I went back to my handy-dandy excel spreadsheet and analyzed, the top five nations by the number of players on the site. I converted the number of players into a proportion of total players on the site. I then counted the number of photos that the top five nations (actually six, since Germany and the Czech Republic tied at having the fifth most players) and expressed the number of photos as a proportion to all of the photos. I then added a number for the percentage of visitors by nation at around last Friday afternoon. And voila! You have a very interesting graph.

The top five nations are (in order):

1. Spain
2. France
3. Argentina
4. United States
T5. Germany
T5. Czech Republic
ROTW stands for the rest of the world.

By and large, the rest of the world is proportional in terms of the percentage of visitors to the site as compared with the amount of players and player photos on the site. France would be the next most proportional. The US has the most visitors, but not many players or player photos. No one visited from Argentina, Germany, or the Czech Republic at the time I made the graph.

What does this mean? Well, if I was making updates in order to bring in visitors based on players being a draw to visitors in their nation, that approach would fail for Spain, Argentina, Germany, and the Czech Republic. This blog does seem to have attracted the anglo nations, the US, the UK, and Australia regularly top the list on the feedjit widget. What do you think?

Juan Carlos Ferrero

2008-07-24T05:08:00.005-05:00

I'm back from the PDX and I made an update this morning!

I added seven pictures of Juan Carlos Ferrero to his page on the brflines site early this monring. Most of them are from Wimbledon, I hope you like!

Have a good one, guys.

Tommy Robredo

2008-07-17T21:31:00.004-05:00

Okay I know I totally lied. I said that I wouldn't be posting for a while, but I couldn't help it.

If you belong to the Y! Group, go check your email. I just sent a link to download a clip of Tommy Robredo brieflines that I made from Wimbledon 2007.

Remember, these won't be posted anywhere but the Y! group, so if you want to see them and you're not a member, join up!

Novak Djokovic

2008-07-16T09:10:00.004-05:00

Last brflines site update for today is the addition of pics to Novak Djokovic's page.

I added twenty one pictures to his page on the brflines site. I tried to include all the pending pics on clay courts but not for anything after Roland Garros because it just would have been too big of an update.

BTW I hate his profile picture on the ATP site. I'll be actively looking for one that isn't so washed out.

Have a good rest of the week, guys.

Jonas Bjorkman

2008-07-16T09:03:00.003-05:00

The second update for the day is to Jonas Bjorkman's page.

The sexy mid-thirties Swede is still going at it. He's better known for his doubles play nowadays, most recently his pairing with Max Mirnyi was a very successful one. Although he's moved on to a new partner, he still knows how to show good line.

I added four pics, one of which is attached to this post.

Marcel Granollers (Pujol?)

2008-07-16T08:59:00.003-05:00

I'm making three updates today, mostly to preempt a lack of posting for the next two days because I'll be extremely busy with limited access to the internet.

The first update for today is the addition of a new page on the brflines site for Marcel Granollers. The reason Pujol is a parenthetical in the title is that I don't know what his full name is. Sometimes he goes by just Marcel Granollers, sometimes the Pujol is thrown in.

Anyway, I only have one pic of the kid, so I hope you guys can find more.

Peace..

PDX

2008-07-15T08:38:00.002-05:00

I'd love to meet some of you other enthusiasts!

So I have to head out to Portland, OR at the end of the week, early next week for work. I'd love to meet some of the blog readers. So if any of you are in Portland and what to say hello! shoot me an email (brflines@yahoo.com).

See ya!

Nico Mahut

2008-07-15T08:31:00.003-05:00

The REAL update for today :0) is Nico Mahut.

At first I didn't get it. I didn't get why all the little tennis groupies were gaga over him. But the more pics I see, the more I understand. He's kind of got the boyish thing going for him.

Anyway, that's just my thoughts on it. If you think otherwise, feel free to leave a comment.

I added three pages of Nico to his page on the brflines site. Go look at them now!

Richy Gasquet (whoops!)

2008-07-15T08:20:00.004-05:00

Hey guys, I did make an update yesterday, but I forgot to blog about it!

I made an update to Richy Gasquet's page. It must have slipped my mind because I was soooo annoyed by imageshack yesterday. Their site was running so slow, it took me forever to upload the eleven pics of Gasquet that I added to his page yesterday. Most of the pics are from tournaments leading up to Wimby (i.e., the French and the Stella Artois Championships).

Richy's a huge favorite in the Y! group and on the site. He's got the most luscious backside which is almost always highlighted by the white lacoste shorts he likes to wear. Richy is now the third player (joining Robredo and Djokovic) to have over one-hundred photos of their briefline goodness stored on the googlepages site.

I hope you guys like. There'll definitely be more Gasquet updates (Wimbledon and the Mercedes Open) after I cycle through my current list of pending photos to be added.

Llodra Vid Clips

2008-07-13T22:25:00.002-05:00

I created a new, small vid clip of Michael Llodra from Wimbledon 2007.

And as I state on the brflines site, the link to these videos will be sent exclusively via the Yahoo group. So you know what you have to do if you want to be able to download it.

13 on the 13th

2008-07-13T14:40:00.006-05:00

Hey there, boys. I added thirteen (13) pics of Rafa Nadal to his page on the brflines site.

So I know a lot of you guys are into Rafa, but I just don' get it. I know he's a great player and blah blah blah, but to me he's a total male butterface. I can't seperate the head from the body lol--but that's just my opinion and it won't stop me from posting the pics as they come in.

Anyway, on a happier note, the thirteen pics I added of Rafa brought the total number of pics on the site to 1,200. That's a lot pics boys and girls. So go t the site, join the yahoo group, and follow your briefline bliss!

Francisco Rodriguez

2008-07-11T09:05:00.003-05:00

So I was checking out my email, and decided to read an email I usually just delete without ever opening...

Outsports, which is a nexus for gay athletes and athletic types, sends me a digest email every so often synopsizing the features on their site. It just so happens that whilst scrolling through their digest, my eye caught an item posted on their blog about a quasi-retired pro tennis player who recently came out. I never heard of the guy, but the blog site does link to the three page article that talks about gay athletes and tennis in the magazine OUT.

Outsports is a fantastic site you should definitely go check it out as well as read the very interesting article. Ciao!

Carlos Moya

2008-07-11T08:45:00.004-05:00

The update to the brflines site is to Carlos Moya's page.

The two pics that were added to the site were from TZ's cache of pictures. So, thanks man! I didn't realize/know that Moya was an early spokesperson for 2(x)ist underwear, but gosh, he sure does look great in them. I do wear 2(x)ist from time to time, but now I have even more incentive to ditch the cks and buy more 2(x)ist (i'm a fan of the varsity no show brief :0)))).

Nando

2008-07-10T05:21:00.005-05:00

Feranando Verdasco's page on the brflines site was updated this morning.

It was a HUGE update too, eighteen new pics were added. Go check them out!

Fernando is easily my third favorite Spaniard after Tommy (of course) and Juan Carlos. He's got a really cute smile and a nice bod to boot.

Incidentally, did anyone see the feature they did on him on one of those Tennis Channel shows? He showed the commentator his place, which was right next to his parent's house. I don't know if I could do that. Nothing ruins the mood more than having your parents do a spontaneous drop by while you're in the midst of wooing a beau. Anyway, while watching, I had two other thoughts: (1) his place is really tiny and (2) there was a lot of wood. Seriously he had some log cabin action all up in there-it was very Abe Lincoln. But it looked cozy enough and I wouldn't decline if he invited me in :))))

Daniel Nestor

2008-07-09T08:26:00.004-05:00

And today's update to the brflines site is one half of the Wimbledon men's doubles championship team, Daniel Nestor of Canada.

One of the members of the Y! group was courtside to witness the amazing spectacle that is Dan Nestor's ass. He said it was cute. I would have to agree with that assessment (pun intended). Whenever I see pics of him (that aren't brieflines pics) he always has some wedge action going on. Hmm...I wonder what that means?

Anyway, go have a look. Enjoy. Be safe. I'm out for today!

Jarkko Nieminen

2008-07-08T07:54:00.003-05:00

Good morning, fellas. Today's update to the brflines site is Jarkko Nieminen of Finland.

It's a pretty big update, eleven new pics added, going back all the way to the Pac Life Open earlier in the year. I also made corrections to pics 15 and 16 (i think) that weren't loading when you browsed to the page.

Anyone who's read the blog knows that I'm a huge Jarkko fan, so I always make a special effort to find pics of him when I'm surfing the net for briefline photos. I guess that's why there's so many pictures of him, the volume of which is pretty disproportionate to his ATP ranking.

On another note, there was/is a chat thread in the Y! group about the championship game. I may download from the Wimby site and upload it somewhere else. Let me know if that's something you'd like me to do since it takes a lot of time to download and then manipulate it so that it's accessible to everyone.

Have a good one!

Paul Henri Mathieu

2008-07-07T07:58:00.003-05:00

Gosh, what is it about Frenchmen that gets me all hot and bothered?

Oh yeah, maybe it's the fact that they love the white tennis shorts and almost always wear briefs when they're on court! :) Seriously though, I added eight new pics to Paul Henri Mathieu's page on the brflines site. Go check them out and love them.

I also fixed pic no. 6, which didn't seem to be displaying correctly from imageshack. And how much do you love pic no. 15, which is attached to this post? One of the best brieflines pic, EVER!!

June's Top 10

2008-07-07T07:42:00.004-05:00

Okay, okay I know it's not June but I want to make the Top 10 feature a monthly occurance.

Besides, it helps you guys get a sense of who's hot and who's not because the amount of pics taken is usually directly correlated to how well a player is doing on the tour or in major tournaments. The recent uptick in Marat Safin photos is illustrative of how well he did in Wimbledon, for example.

Anyway, the major news this last month is Novak Djokovic overtaking Tommy Robredo as having the most pictures on the brflines site. Really, this was expected with the rise of Novak Djokovic and the fact that he LOVES playing in those white tennis shorts. You guys know how much I loves me some Tommy, but Novak is no slouch either...anyway, the list is below. Also, threw in a gratuitous nakey shot of Verdasco just to picque your interest in the post :)))

Frank Dancevic is sort of an anomaly on the list. He had a ton of photos from the Australian Open 2007, but is a rather minor player. I suspect after July, the number 11 player on my list (Federer) will easily surpass him and replace him at least as number 10, but maybe higher. In the coming months I suspect Henman and Johansson to fall of the list as well. Henman is retired, so unless I find a bunch of archival shots, he'll be surpassed by up and coming players and Johansson just isn't a top ten player, so the volume of pics of him won't be enough, I think to sustain his position.

1. Novak Djokovic (120 photos)
2. Tommy Robredo (116 photos)
3. Richard Gasquet (95 photos)
4. Fernando Verdasco (58 photos)
5. Jarkko Nieminen (45 photos)
6. Andy Roddick (37 photos)
7. Mario Ancic (34 photos)
8. Thomas Johansson (33 photos)
9. Tim Henman (31 photos)
10. Frank Dancevic (28 photos)

David Ferrer

2008-07-06T07:43:00.003-05:00

This is the second update in a row that a Spaniard is featured...

That's not such a bad thing is it? This is a country that has produced countless brieflines wonders like Tommy Robredo, Rafa Nadal, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Nico Almagro, amongst others.

I can't take any credit at all for finding the update pics. The four pictures that I did add to David's page on the brflines site are solely the result of TZ's find detective work over at the Y! Group.

Thanks TZ and I hope everyone has a great Sunday!

Nico Almagro

2008-07-05T06:51:00.004-05:00

Hey guys, the update for today is Nico Almagro.

He had a nice little run at Roland Garros, so there weare a couple of more pics of him this year. I addded three new pics of him to the brflines site, one of which is attached to this post. I hope you guys like it and have a safe and pleasant Saturday!

Vidclips

2008-07-04T07:42:00.003-05:00

Hey good morning boys. It's a beautiful morning in Chicago.

And happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans. I amde some video clips last night from a 2007 wimbledon match between two of my favorite players, Edouard Roger Vasselin and Richard Gasquet.

I am not going to post the links here. You'll have to join the yahoo group (if you're not already a member) to access them. Think of it as an incentive to join! Remember to set your settings to receive individual emails. And if you wonder if it's worth joining, the pic above is a cap TZ made of the clip of Richy Gasquet.

Trust me, it's worth it.

Nicolas Kiefer

2008-07-03T08:28:00.004-05:00

Last update for today, boys.

I added one picture of Nicolas Kiefer to his page on the brflines site. I know that there are Kiefer fans out there, so enjoy!

Daddy!

2008-07-03T08:20:00.005-05:00

Another update for today, still fit and good lookin' Todd Martin of the U.S.

Same deal as Dent, one pic added to the brflines site, but also attached to this post, so no need to surf over to see the pic.

Taylor Dent

2008-07-03T08:17:00.004-05:00

Another update for today.

Taylor Dent of the U.S. I added one pic to the brflines site, but it's also attached at the top of this post.

Filippo Volandri

2008-07-03T07:54:00.005-05:00

Another one of my finds during my drive recovery was Filippo Volandri.

I wish more people took pictures of him. That is seriously, one good looking man. Besides, how can you hate someone who wears Emporio Armani tennis gear?

I added the pic attached at the top of the post to the brflines site today. Enjoy!