The Daily Swoon

The Speedos brand has a bad rep. We all cringe when we think of those skimpy little bathing suits on men who clearly should not be wearing them, but Speedos can actually look really good, assuming you’re an Olympic swimmer or toned model.

‘Spartacus’ guarantees its audience gore, sex and shirtless men, but those last two are the main reasons so many of us choose to watch. Liam McIntyre is the latest shirtless man to star as the show’s primary character, but does he match up to the previous leading men?

Pierre Spies is the 6′ 4” tall, 228-pound South African rugby star who’s captaining the Bulls for the 2012 Super Rugby season. The god-like athlete amazes even his teammates with his skills, and, according to ESPN, has the leg strength to jump more than four-and-a-half feet in the air. What can we say? The man is as close to a real-life superman as you can get.

GQ named Oscar Pistorius its Superhuman of the Year for a number of reasons. The South African professional runner won gold medals in the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championship for the 200m and 400m races, and the 4x400m relay, and — oh, yah — he did all while running on prosthetic legs.

If you weren’t planning to leave the house on Black Friday, you should anyway. All over the US, Abercrombie and Hollister stores are giving you your presents early this year… lots and lots of shirtless hunks. Aside from the early midnight openings, thousands of those hot models who always stand outside the front doors will be throwing their shirts off and mingling with the public.

Twenty-three-year-old gymnast Kalon Ludvigson caught our attention when footage emerged of him competing in the International Gymnastics Federation’s (FIG) World Championship Qualifiers. The Ohio-bred athlete won the Men’s Tumbling title this year and received the silver medal in the competition for his skills on the trampoline.

Anyone who’s watched ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ since October of 2009 will recognize Jesse Williams as McSteamy’s replacement as the hot-and-steamy doctor. While half his air time is spent in arguably intriguing dialogue, the other half seems to be all make-out and topless shots. Clearly, the latter is where his talent truly lies.

Weighing in at 200 lbs and towering at six feet, Billy Kiraly is a relatively new addition to the world of modeling, but by the looks of him, he’ll probably do real well. Based out of Florida, Kiraly works for Posche Models and has been photographed by noted editorial and commercial photographer David Vance.

Rudy Reyes is an American hero. Seriously, he’s on the cover of the America’s Heroes 2007 calendar. Reyes spent part of his life defending the US as a Recon Marine, one of the highest titles in the entire Marine Corps Special Operations Reconnaissance. Nowadays, his martial arts skills, which he’s been perfecting since childhood, are widely sought after and have even spawned his own fitness coachi

It takes a lot of effort to be crowned People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. Just ask Bradley Cooper, this year’s winner. It takes cooking skills, riding a motorcycle, speaking French and being close with your mom. Don’t get mad gents, these are the reasons People gave when defending their choice. And what a good choice it was.

Media outlets have been buzzing lately and they all say Jennifer Lopez has found a new boyfriend, Casper Smart… who is one of her back-up dancers! Crazy, we know, but the two were spotted dancing and partying together in Las Vegas, and a source for US Weekly confirms the relationship.

This one is for all the soap opera fans who are pouring over their television screens to get a look at hunks like Brandon Beemer, here. Beemer is a soap all-star. His abs were prominently featured in both ‘The Bold and the Beautiful‘ and ‘Days of Our Lives.’ As we all know, the casts of these mid-day television programs aren’t the best actors (often times they’re some of the worst), but they sure