OK! Magazine scored with a photo gallery of 13 shirtless male Winter Olympians, including gold medal figure skater Evan Lysacek, Johnny Weir, and snowboard cross Olympian Seth Wescott (right). Unfortunately, what they call “shirtless” for most of the guys means still having a shirt on: Go figure. You can see speedskater J.R. Celski after the [...]

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This is good for an eye roll. NBCOlympics.com and People Magazine are confirming that gold medalists Evan Lysacek and Nastia Liukin are an “item.” While the bizarrely homophobic figure skating world is surely rejoicing at this news, I’m less moved.
Lysacek’s Olympic performance was spectacular, as was the way he handled himself afterwards. But, with the exception of his [...]

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American Evan Lysacek skated brilliantly to upset Russia’s Evgeni Plushenko by 1.31 points to win the men’s Olympic gold medal in figure skating. Japan’s Daisuke Takahashi won the bronze. Stephane Lambiel was fourth, Patrick Chan was fifth and Johnny Weir was sixth.
I am no skating expert, but it appeared to me like Weir got under-judged. [...]

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Before I get my review of the men’s short program, there is an issue I need to address with one of my former fellow competitor’s, Elvis Stojko: Go f*** yourself! Now with that out of the way, let’s down to people who are doing good things.
A short program will not win you the Olympics, but [...]

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While gay fans appear to throw their collective support behind Johnny Weir, Evan Lysacek has managed to scrounge up supporters elsewhere. He’s got at least one notable fan club: the Los Angeles Lakers. Yahoo Sports’s Martin Rogers writes about the skater’s links to the NBA franchise, which includes coach Phil Jackson’s blessing to use the team’s weight room.
“The Los Angeles Lakers [...]

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