Sports Illustrated is out with its annual swimsuit issue, which I call the most boring sports issue of the year for a gay sports fan.
As counter-programming, we present our version, complete with real athletes and not models. The criteria is that the athletes have to be in a swimsuit, shorts or something like that. This rules out pretty much any athlete from a mainstream team sport, but if you happen to see J.J. Watt, Reggie Bush or anyone similar in a swimsuit, let us know ASAP.
Sage Northcutt, mixed martial arts:
Tom Daley, Daniel Goodfellow, diving:
U.S. men's gymnasts in Rio:
Kamaru Usman, mixed martial arts:
Cameron McAvoy, swimming:
Filippo Magnini, Marco Orsi, Michele Santucci and Luca Dotto, swimming:
Sam Mikulak, gymnastics:
Tanzanian bodybuilders:
Federico Grabich, swimming:
British jocks on the beach:
Jose Guerra and Jeinkler Aguirre, diving:
Simon Dunn, third from left, and his Aussie bobsled mates:
Sean Spencer, mixed martial arts:
David Pocock, rugby:
Chinese fitness competitors:
Dustin Ortiz and Wilson Reis, mixed martial arts:
Warwick University rowers:
Nicholas Oliveria, swimming:
Sheldon Westcott, mixed martial arts:
The end:
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Photos from Getty Images and USA TODAY. Men’s gymnastic photos from Instagram of Sam Mikulak. British jocks from “Ripped and Stripped.”
