Andy Murray in Vogue Magazine
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Murray, he's so hot right now, Murray.
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Andy Murray just won his second straight Rogers Cup title last week and now he's received another honor, biggest dork to ever appear in Vogue Magazine.
The online preview of "Murray Mania" made its way online today at Vogue's web site with four preview images from his photo shoot and an excerpt from his interview given earlier this summer.
The worst thing Vogue does with this excerpt is not update it. Granted the interview took place at least a month ago, but when you call Miles Maclagan his current coach and list Roger Federer as the #3 player in the world on your Web site, you're not exactly convincing anyone that you're anything but a fashion magazine pretending to know about sports.
I feel like I can retain my man card while saying that Murray looks pretty good in the first photo while dressed in a tuxedo and a pair of adidas. Of course, almost every guy looks good in a tux. That's why we wear them on our wedding days. It's a great way to fool our wives into thinking we have a sense of fashion before retiring to our "jean shorts and T-shirt I bought in high school that doesn't fit" ensemble for the next 50 years.
When the photo shoot shifts to Murray's home, things go badly astray,
sort of like
when he reaches the latter rounds of any Grand Slam event. Dressed in way-too tight white pants and a rather odd Tweed-looking coat, Murray is placed at a ping pong table and photographed while grimacing and straining.
In one shot, he's flexing his entire upper body to the point where I feel the next 
picture is surely of him transformed into the Incredible Hulk.
I'm not sure what instructions the photographer in charge of this thing gave him before snapping each frame, but Murray's final images give me a strong feeling he could have challenged either Hansel or Derek Zoolander in a walkoff.
UPDATE!!!!
My blog buddy Lauren sent me this masterpiece a few minutes ago, showing Mr. Murray deciding to show off his midriff with what appears to be a catcher's chest protector on.
At first I couldn't place where I had seen this look before, but then I realized it's the same sort of get-up worn by the team from Average Joe's Gymnasium when their uniforms get mixed up with those
of a leather-wearing S&M gang in the 2004 mastperiece "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story."
The look can best be seen here, modeled by actor Alan Tudyk, who was robbed by not being nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his captivating role as "Steve the Pirate."
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