FMJRA Roundup: Olympic Gold Edition

Here I am again, late for the Rogue Thursday roundup or a tad early for a Saturday, take your pick.  Tonight the 2010 Winter Olympics got underway.  News of  the tragic death of Nodar Kumaritashvili, a 21-year-old Georgian luger, brought sorrow to the usually joyous opening of the Olympic games.  Nevertheless, the Canadians managed a spectacular opening to ""Inspire the world," at a time when inspiration is in short supply.

There was a brief technical malfunction that caused hockey great Wayne Gretzky to grimace while he stood waiting for the cauldron to rise from the floor.   He was joined in a circle by a few Canadian super stars, sharing concerned glances and the occasional smirk knowing they were there to surprise the crowd by lighting the cauldron together:

Snow Studs - 10 Winter Olympic Male Hotties

UPDATE:  Thank you to Instapundit for linking and welcome Instapundit readers.
Little Miss Attila links, thank you and so does And so it goes in Shreveport thanks Pat.
Instapundit linked 10 Winter Olympic Hotties which was a post depicting some beautiful women on the US Winter Olympic Team.  He had a request for equal time, however:

UPDATE: Reader Jeff Pittman writes: “How ’bout some equal time for your readers who hoped at least a few of the hotties would be guys? Not that there’s anything wrong with gals (yawn), I’m just saying…” Well, somebody send me a link, if you’ve got something like that. Haven’t seen anything along those lines myself, but surely there are some hunky bobsledders or something out there . . . .

Actually there were more than a few hunky bobsledders.  Choosing among the various good looking guys on the hockey team was tough, but I  persevered with the arduous task.  Someone had to.  All are on the team with the exception of TJ  Lanning who is still recovering from his injury.  He has been a member of the team for years though and plans to be there to root for his team.  I couldn't leave out a genuinely nice guy and ok, he's pretty hot too.   Good luck to the team!

David Backes  Hockey
Home: Minneapolis
Birthday May 1, 1984
Height 6'3
Team St. Louis Blues
Photo: Blues.nhl.com

Steven Nyman

  Provo Utah

Birthday:  Feb 2, 1982

Alpine Skiing

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