Consider this post a little treat to see you through hump day. If the editor of Sports Illustrator suddenly become a she, this is what the magazine would look like. Well, if may not be David Beckham, but ESPN's 'Body' issue features 27 pro athletes (many of them male) in their birthday suits.
Why? Well, we're still not sure exactly. But who are we to look a gift horse in the... You get the point. Beside the entire US Women's volleyball team, birthday suiters include New York Knicks Tyson Chandler, NHLer Brad Richards and own very own Blue Jay, Jose Bautista, who considered it an "honour" to take part in the photo shoot.
Sadly no Beckham here. Still, the Twittersphere was reeling from the eye candy. “Poetry in motion,” said one tweep. “Celebrates the aesthetic of the athlete.”
After stripping down in order to write about it, 'method writer' Jim Caple empathized with the female of the species.
“I never fully appreciated their feelings about being judged on their bodies. Now I do. I also get the popularity of fad diet books,” said Caple.
Is this kind of spread inspirational or insipid? Is the reaction any different when it's male bodies on show? While you ponder on that, go on and have another look at the slideshow...
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