{"id":282021,"date":"2010-02-05T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T17:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/collegecandy.com\/?p=52064"},"modified":"2010-02-05T12:00:31","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T17:00:31","slug":"these-guys-are-turning-the-heat-up-at-the-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/282021","title":{"rendered":"These Guys Are Turning the Heat Up at the Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-53114 aligncenter\" title=\"olympics headliner\" src=\"http:\/\/collegecandy.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/olympics-headliner.jpg?w=600&#038;h=213\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"213\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the winter months keep on keepin&#8217; on, there is a little event that turns snow, ice, and cold into something <em>beneficial<\/em>: The Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>OK, I know what you&#8217;re thinking: the Winter Olympics could never hold a candle to the excitement of Beijing in 2008, or any summer games for that matter. Even if figure skating is pretty fun to watch, we also have to sit through Curling, Bobsledding and the Biathlon. Snore.<\/p>\n<p>But what choice do we have? We&#8217;re already down <em>Gossip Girl<\/em> and <em>Glee,<\/em> and with the Olympics running for 2 weeks on NBC, there won&#8217;t be anything else to watch except guys in spandex speeding down a frozen water slide.<\/p>\n<p>We need something to watch for and we need something <em>now<\/em>.<span id=\"more-52064\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Luckily, no matter the sport, the Olympics always provide one thing we can all appreciate: hot pieces of well-toned man meat. We already know we&#8217;ll be watching Short-Track Speed Skating (which we didn&#8217;t really know existed until now&#8230;.) to root on <a href=\"http:\/\/collegecandy.com\/2010\/01\/13\/5-questions-we-ask-everyone-olympic-short-track-speed-skater-j-r-celski\/\">American hottie, J.R. Celsk<\/a>i, and now I&#8217;m bringing you just a few more reasons to tune into (and enjoy) the 2010 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">If this doesn&#8217;t make you proud to be an American, I don&#8217;t know what will. Let&#8217;s just hope all this hotness doesn&#8217;t affect the ice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/athletes\/athlete=2385\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Zach Parise-Hockey\" src=\"http:\/\/collegecandy.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/zach-parise-hockey.png?w=138&#038;h=138\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/athletes\/athlete=2115\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52385\" title=\"Sven Kramer (Speed Skate)\" src=\"http:\/\/collegecandy.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/sven-kramer-speed-skate.png?w=142&#038;h=142\" alt=\"\" width=\"142\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/athletes\/athlete=10890\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52384\" title=\"Jamie Moriarty-Bobsled\" src=\"http:\/\/collegecandy.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/jamie-moriarty-bobsled.png?w=140&#038;h=140\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/athletes\/athlete=2104\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52393\" title=\"shani davis\" src=\"http:\/\/collegecandy.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/shani-davis.png?w=140&#038;h=140\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/athletes\/athlete=2566\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52382\" title=\"Ryan Malone-Hockey\" src=\"http:\/\/collegecandy.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/ryan-malone-hockey.png?w=140&#038;h=140\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/athletes\/athlete=2521\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52381\" title=\"Mike Komisarek-H\" src=\"http:\/\/collegecandy.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/mike-komisarek-h.png?w=140&#038;h=140\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/athletes\/athlete=2061\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52380\" title=\"Kris Freeman-Cross Country\" src=\"http:\/\/collegecandy.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/kris-freeman-cross-country.png?w=138&#038;h=138\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/athletes\/athlete=2565\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52379\" title=\"Jamie Langenbrunner Hockey\" src=\"http:\/\/collegecandy.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/jamie-langenbrunner-hockey.png?w=137&#038;h=137\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"137\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/athletes\/athlete=2105\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52378\" title=\"Chad Hedrick SS\" src=\"http:\/\/collegecandy.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/chad-hedrick-ss.png?w=142&#038;h=142\" alt=\"\" width=\"142\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/athletes\/athlete=2289\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52377\" title=\"Brett Camerota-Nordic Combined\" src=\"http:\/\/collegecandy.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/brett-camerota-nordic-combined.png?w=137&#038;h=137\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"137\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/athletes\/athlete=2132\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52376\" title=\"Bode Miller-Alpine Skiing\" src=\"http:\/\/collegecandy.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/bode-miller-alpine-skiing.png?w=141&#038;h=141\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/athletes\/athlete=2541\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52375\" title=\"Steve Mesler-Bobsled\" src=\"http:\/\/collegecandy.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/steve-mesler-bobsled.png?w=143&#038;h=143\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/collegecandy.wordpress.com\/52064\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/collegecandy.wordpress.com\/52064\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/collegecandy.wordpress.com\/52064\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" 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OK, I know what you&#8217;re thinking: the Winter Olympics could never hold a candle to the excitement of Beijing in 2008, or any summer games for that matter. 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