The Year in Sports: Our Definitive Annual Collection of Athlete Beefcake

Since The Week in Sports began as a feature on AfterElton.com we've kept our queer eye on the photo wires to bring you a weekly compilation of the most arresting images of male athleticisim from around the world.

2009 is coming to a close, so in this final installment we thought we'd look back and gather together the best of the best. Hence The Year in Sports. (Well, technicaly the half-year in sports, since we only started this feature in July.)

Now we know not every football fan is also a tennis fan, and some rugby fanatics cannot abide men's gymnastics. So this time out we've helpfully sorted the photos by category. You can jump to whatever photo collection you want by the table of contents below. Oh, and in addition to the major sports, we've got a few special photo categories that we hope you'll enjoy!

Baseball

 

Basketball

 

Football

 

Men's Gymnastics

 

Rugby

 

Soccer

 

Swimming

 

Tennis

 

Other Sports

 

Shirtless Jocks

 

Best Mug

 

Really Redheads

 

Our Favorite Sports Team!