For his water polo pics (and of course Jim for putting them on the site wink )

My favorite (among so many others)...

Peek-a-boo!!

eek!

Dear Lord! eek!

and my tongue slips.......out of my mouth! That is Nice!

Whoa!

Brent, my man!!

Brent,

Goodness, [ok, think about women's lacrosse or something, no offense MarriedLady and GJ] ok, now I can stand up from my desk again. Wow, what great pics. You have come through again, I can't wait to get home and peruse these pics in a more leisurely atmosphere.

I was lucky enough to be in Australia during the Sydney Games and saw a lot of water polo on TV (the Games were televised non-stop from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. with no up-close-and-personal profiles, thank you and f*ck you, NBC). Do not miss an opportunity to watch it. Or tape/TiVo it. You won't regret it. Especially if there's an underwater camera...

eek! I had the same reaction when I was calmly perusing through the galleries and ran into that photo. Jim, I'm shocked you didn't put that up first in "Picture This." Very nice discovery.

By the way, is this the same guy? Ah, that feels so nice.

Thanks Brent for all the great pictures. I especially like the fact that you have lots of photos of non-USA team members so we can get a lot of European flavors such as this hunky Greek and these Hungarians congratulating each other the proper way. (I just wished you were taking the photo from another angle, but that's me being nitpicky. )

Am I a size queen or is "Hunky Greek" got a tic-tac in his pants?

Remember ... shrinkage does happen in a pool. wink

THANKS for putting these up! They're great.

Couldn't ask for a better way to celebrate the BIG 45 tomorrow. Great shots, Brent.

Great pics.

Another hunky Greek, Antonis Vlontakis

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Great pics

Hey Brent, do you have anymore pics of Wolf Wigo?

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I have a lot more pics, so I'll just have to go back and the ones of him.

You can contact me directly at PtsBeyond@aol.com

Brent,
You're a genius! As always, you've managed to make my day.

Awesome pics! I especially love the Spanish team in the ultra-skimpy and brightly-colored Speedos. Simply beautiful. And so daring to wear something so little in a sport wear so much tugging and grabbing and yanking goes on below the surface. Doesn't look like they wear a second suit underneath, either. eek! And the affection for one another from the team in the black Arena suits (forget the country) is very cool to see, as well.

More at "Oooooh!" than "Peek-a-boo!" Good eye, Brent, good eye! :cool:

Oh my! How I love that hairy chest! How I'd love to just...oh, never mind.

Yes--it's the same guy--Tomas, the leading player from Hungary. He's a Big Star in Europe, yet very nice, and has a very understated way about him. Although there's no objective reason for it, it sure did seem that the Europeans were much more comfortable with themselves [and being photographed], as well as with each other than the Americans did.

They ALL wear double speedos while competing, no matter what it looked like with Spain. The clawing--the kicking--the dunking going on makes that a practical necessity. Otherwise they'd be stopping the game ALL the time for a player to swim to the side to have the "wardrobe malfunction" fixed.

When in the practice pool, most seemed to be wearing a single speedo, which by all appearances included Tomas. The black speedos in competition were worn by Hungary.

Although most are quite big guys, there was a broad spectrum of sizes and shapes, from a small, speedy Italian to a huge, monster Greek. Some are very lean like DB's, some are more like defensive ends, depending on the position they play. They all were very focused on the competition, and yet had their playful moments--like the Serb player goofing around and grabbing the injured Spanish goalie , so clearly they had a lot of respect for each other as well, playing as often as they do.

There were a lot of injuries between the US and Spain, resulting in 5 US players getting stitches, and the cancellation of the scheduled exhibition match the next day. Whether this was due to the much more aggressive US' coach influence, or other factors, clearly Spain did not get along with the US. And there were some bitter laments about the ref'ing from one Canadian official in particular, who allowed the game to get that out of hand.

In some sports, the subtleties determine the outcome. It seems in waterpolo, there is so much going on at once, it's who's going to notice the opportunity amid the chaos to zing the ball in the net at a speed that would take my head off. When constant fouling seems to be the order of the day, it's difficult to see as a spectator which drowning victim is more deserving of a penalty. I can only hope they'll use the underwater cam a lot in Athens to show you--like an iceberg--the rest of the story.

Their strength and ability is stunning to see, and is only partly revealed in photos and on TV. But hopefully these photos give you snapshots of detail that will inform and delight as you watch them during The Games.

Brent comes through again.........


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So what was going on here!?


Thanks Brent

GOSH...these boys are hot

I passed that one around work. No one could come up with anything other than one guy getting felt up by another. "Adjusting his equipment" did come up, but we couldn't quite say it with a, pardon the expression, straight face.

Whatever he was doing sliding his hands up inside the shorts the player in front didn't seem to mind.

That photo and what he may have been doing is discussed in this thread.