The International 20

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The International 20
Published 6/3/2008 by beans at TheOriginalWinger.com
... No surprise that it was Beckham. According to Sports Illustrated he raked in $48.2 million. That’s big time money. In the top 20, nine are soccer players. For the entire list click here .

Top 20 Highest Paid non-American Athletes, or: Why it Pays to Play Soccer
Published 6/4/2008 by Daryl at The Offside
... 9. Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) $30.3m 10. Ichiro Suzuki (Baseball) $27.6m 11. Lewis Hamilton (Formula One) $27.6m 12. Thierry Henry (Barcelona) $26.1m 13. Maria Sharapova (Tennis) $21.8m 14. John Terry (Chelsea) $21.6m 15. Michael Ballack (Chelsea) $21.5m 16. Ronaldo (AC Milan) $20.8m 17. Johan Santana (Baseball) $20.8m 18. Dirk Nowitzki (Basketball) $20.4m 19. Kaká (AC Milan) $20.1m 20. Hideki Matsui (Baseball) $19m Sports Illustrated’s much more pleasing on the eye list can be found here . First thing that strikes me: the top two highest paid players ( ...

Giving back LINKS
Published 6/4/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (The Beautiful Game) at The Beautiful Game
... GM talks about travels. [Goal Seattle] Bad news for known hooligans. [Euro '08 Offside] U.S. game needs Latin flavor. It needs something! [IHT] What the MISL should do now. [FanHouse] Kenn disagrees. [Kenn.com] Man city wants Ronaldinho. No one else does. [Daily Mail] Beckham is top euro $$$ earner. Surprise! [SI.com]

Save Gazza & Mourinho returns
Published 6/4/2008 by Ronaldo Assis de Moreira at 101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more

David Beckham leads SI’s “The International 20″
Published 6/6/2008 by Ric at The World's Beautiful Game
... year’s rundown of the top 20 highest-paid non-American athletes is the heftiest we’ve ever compiled, and an increase of one-third over the previous year. Why? Sure, soccer and Formula 1 — the two most popular sports away from American shores — are beginning to pay off as well, and in many cases better, than U.S.-based leagues.” …this year’s International 20 features nine soccer players… Read the entire article and list here

David Beckham: highest paid non-American Athlete
Published 6/10/2008 by admin (noreply@blogger.com) at DavidBeckhamNet
According to Sports Illustrated David Beckham is the highest paid non-American Athlete, up 5 spots since the last time Sports Illustrated compiled such a list. This year they report his annual income at $48,200,000.

SI Releases Its 2008 "Fortunate 50" List
Published 7/1/2008 by Berger at Sports Business Radio blogs
... in a row? As a matter of fact, Tiger Woods nearly doubles his nearest competitor (Phil Mickelson) when it comes to his annual haul from prize money and endorsement money. Tiger is the only athlete in the history of sports who makes over $100M annually from his OFF THE COURSE endorsements. And keep in mind that this figure does NOT include his other business interest such as Tiger Woods Design, his course design company that has lucrative deals around the world including Dubai. Maria Sharapova is once again the highest earning female athlete on the planet. David ...