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The Video Based Weekend Pump Up
priceabovebiproberts —
Shortly after we throw this up, we're off to the Newport, Rhode Island area for some family reunion of sorts. Awful Announcing has promised us that he'll submit the final 'Media Mogul' profile, but because he's moving, it may not be up until Monday at the latest. Next week's category is: "Sports Possessions." If you've ever owned a jersey or beer mug or Terrible Towel or something that was somehow really important to you, please hit me up at tedbauer2003@gmail.com and offer to write a guest post. I'd love to have you. The last thing I need is 10 posts about things I've owned throughout my meager, generally pathetic existence. ...
In memory of July - David Beckham week
Soccer —
I lost David Beckham week, so I'll try to recap and update here.
Beckham is from England.
Beckham's wife, Victoria, is a Spice Girl.
Beckham is a really good soccer player, and anyone who disagrees doesn't know the game.
Beckham is not making $250,000,000 over 5 years. That's a made up number from back in January. The real number is "just" $50,000,000.
I'm very happy to have him playing for the Galaxy. I was at his debut against Chelsea, and on Thursday he made his MLS debut against DC United. This has been a very disappointing season for L.A. but when Becks ...
A Year In: How’s the Beckham Thing Working Out?
The Big Lead —
It’s been almost a year to the day that Becks landed on American soil. How’s he done? The supremely talented Ty Duffy of The Odds and Sods recaps Beckham’s last year in the States.
David Beckham’s arrival made easy copy. He was the Hollywood marvel and the golden-balled adonis. He played a foreign game and he had a foxy wife. An unavailing has-been, he would be an over-promoted phenomenon, crushed, in due time, by the great gridiron. Festooned with a lofty artifice, he was doomed to fail.
This primed narrative arc cast the created Beckham. With the prophecy self-fulfilled, why research? Why ...
How Long Can You Ignore the Gorilla in the Room?
AC Milan —
Well there is a 150lb gorilla in the room, and to be honest he is not a gorilla at all, but a fairly famous, fairly handsome footballer, who wore another very famous red devil kit. The rumors of David Beckham coming to the San Siro have really picked up steam in the past few days and we have discussed them a bit, but I guess it warrants a little more doesn’t it?
First off I want to say that I respect Beckham as a person and player, his track record speaks volumes of his character, and having seen him hit a dead ball in person, there is really no one as technically sound as he is. His move to MLS was also very admirable in my book in terms ...
Beckham’s Apartment At Burj Tower
RightFielders Women in Sports —
The buzz is that soccer star David Beckham is all set to own his own apartment in the under-construction Burj Dubai Tower, which is already the world’s tallest building and when completed… will reach a height of 820 meters. Beckham, who is touring the Middle-Eastern state with AC Milan, was reportedly approached by the developers.“Beckham and the Burj Dubai would be the perfect fit,” a source ...
Real Madrid: David Beckham Transfer Deal
RightFielders Women in Sports —
Spanish champions Real Madrid are reportedly trying to get David Beckham back at the Bernabeu in a £10 million transfer deal with Los Angeles Galaxy of the MLS. Florentino Perez, who is the favourite to win the ongoing presidential elections at the club, says that if he wins he will try to bring Beckham back. Everyone knows that he’s a big fan of David and will reach out to any lengths to get the player. Perez was the person who lured away David from Manchester United in 2003, in a deal estimated to be £24 million. The newspaper claims a top Madrid source said: ”Florentino will try to bring Becks back if he decides to run for the presidency. It would be ...
VIDEO: Free-kick Kings - Where do United feature?
Republik Of Mancunia: A Manchester United Blog —
The Daily Mail has run a feature on the best free-kick takers in the history of World football. United players don’t come off too badly!
44 Eric Cantona
37 Denis Irwin
36 Bobby Charlton
3 Cristiano Ronaldo
1 David Beckham
"VIDEO: Free-kick Kings - Where do United feature?" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.
David Beckham Book
RightFielders Women in Sports —
A new book will be released in July this year which will give complete account of star soccer player David Beckham’s experience in Los Angeles, after moving to the United States in 2006. The book, titled ‘The Beckham Experiment‘, has been written by Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl. The book details Beckham’s experience in LA and little, but interesting, incidents that happened during his stay as the forward player for the soccer club LA Galaxy. The publisher Random House announced ...
