Ladies and gentlemenz, the hot, muscular dude on the cover of ESPN magazine (above) is only the beginning of the bounty of greased up, man-flesh photographed for the sports rag’s Body issue. And the pages are chock full of so many butt cracks and side nudies of today’s hottest, fittest and shiniest athletes, you’d think it would come with some tissues and a private moment.

Edmonton Oilers: Ethan Moreau, Sheldon Souray and Andrew Cogliano.

Professional bull rider Shane Proctor.

D.C. United players Chris Pontius, Bryan Namoff, Clyde Simms, Jaime Moreno, Santino Quaranta and Ben Olsen.

Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings

Ryan Lochte, Olympic swimmer

Manny Pacquiao, Boxer

Carl Edwards, NASCAR driver

Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic

Oguchi Onyewu, Soccer

Zdeno Chara, Boston Bruins (hockey). OMG he’s 6’9″

Nelson Cruz, Texas Rangers

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