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    Image of Clarence Rosario Clarence Rosario
    08/01/09

    In reply to Why Don't You Monsters Love David Beckham?
    That's unfair. After all, English IS my first language.
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    Image of Carl Everett, Jurassic Park Tour Guide. Carl Everett, Jurassic Park Tour Guide.
    08/01/09

    In reply to Why Don't You Monsters Love David Beckham?
    I dunno, I was on board with that whole Princess Diana car chase thing.
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    Rozelle’s Bagman promoted this comment Carl Everett, Jurassic Park Tour Guide. was starred Carl Everett, Jurassic Park Tour Guide. was unstarred
    Image of JustinSane07 JustinSane07
    07/31/09

    In reply to Odd Foreigner Chooses Fruity Little Tattoo Over Reebok Deal
    No mention of the fact that Vick says he has interest from a team but won't say what league?
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    Image of The Gizmo from Pismo The Gizmo from Pismo
    07/31/09

    @JustinSane07: Well, I suppose when that team is the Seattle Seahawks, you can assume it is the NFL.
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    Image of JustinSane07 JustinSane07
    07/31/09

    @The Gizmo from Pismo: Oh damn, really? Last night all I saw is that he won't say what team or even league. Must have cane out before I checked the actual news sites this morning.
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    Image of dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac
    07/31/09

    In reply to Odd Foreigner Chooses Fruity Little Tattoo Over Reebok Deal
    I look forward to the day that Rodney Harrison is not an embarrassing shill for the Patriots. Mostly because I will be riding a hoverboard in my moon shoes on my way to catch the red eye to Alpha Centauri.
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    Image of MarkKelsosMigraine MarkKelsosMigraine
    07/31/09

    In reply to Odd Foreigner Chooses Fruity Little Tattoo Over Reebok Deal
    That is great news about Pocono Raceway. Now, are they going to do anything about moving it out of the Poconos.

    /bathing in a gigantic champagne flute
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    Image of StanGable StanGable
    07/31/09

    In reply to Odd Foreigner Chooses Fruity Little Tattoo Over Reebok Deal
    The Foreigner claims Reebok is just playing head games.
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    Bobby Big Wheel promoted this comment Edited by StanGable at 07/31/09 8:54 AM StanGable was starred StanGable was unstarred
    Image of Bobby Big Wheel Bobby Big Wheel
    07/31/09

    @StanGable: Reebok needs to chill out; they're way too hot blooded.
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    Image of the earl of weaver the earl of weaver
    07/31/09

    In reply to Odd Foreigner Chooses Fruity Little Tattoo Over Reebok Deal
    Odd Foreigner Chooses Fruity Little Tattoo Over Reebok Deal

    Hervé Villechaize was gay?
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    Image of Midwesterner in NYC Midwesterner in NYC
    07/29/09

    In reply to Book Excerpts That Don't Suck: "The Beckham Experiment" (With Live Author Chat)
    Hi Grant,

    I read the excerpt in Sports Illustrated and found it fascinating.

    My question is: Obviously this book was written before the recent skirmishes with fans in L.A. and in K.C. Could you have predicted the fans' scorn -- with what appears to be, possibly, league wide -- this season against Beckham?
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    Image of Midwesterner in NYC Midwesterner in NYC
    07/29/09

    @Midwesterner in NYC: Yes, too late as well.
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    Image of Paul.B.Dodd Paul.B.Dodd
    07/29/09

    In reply to Book Excerpts That Don't Suck: "The Beckham Experiment" (With Live Author Chat)
    Hi Grant,

    Do you think some of the friction between Beckham and his teammates were just simple, cultural misunderstanding? Despite Beckham's popularity and his media machine, he's never been a very out-spoken person on any of his teams. He was never the captain at Man Utd or Real Madrid, and people have criticized Sven Goran Ericksson's decision to hand him the captain's arm band just because he was famous. I have not read your book yet but from the SI excerpt that I read it seemed like a lot of the criticism levied against Beckham was that he was not "American" enough when it came to embracing his new teammates. Perhaps that's just not his personality because of his cultural and blue-collar upbringing in the UK. Also, hanging out with teammates and thinking of them as your family may be an uniquely American concept. Big European clubs like AC Milan, Real Madrid and Man Utd have famous players of different nationalities all the time and more often than not there are social cliques. Even in the excerpt above it seemed like his teammates were raveling in the attention and access having Bekcham on the team granted them. Do you see both MLS and Bekcham as having equal responsibility in allowing this circus to spiral out of control?
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    Image of Paul.B.Dodd Paul.B.Dodd
    07/29/09

    @Paul.B.Dodd: Dammit, looks like I'm too late!!!!!
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    Image of GrantWahl GrantWahl
    07/29/09

    In reply to Book Excerpts That Don't Suck: "The Beckham Experiment" (With Live Author Chat)
    @Orr's Crabapples Hope to take a closer look at Calipari in KY soon. (I'm referring to Kentucky here.) Check back with me in a couple months. And thanks for having me on the chat, Deadspin! I really appreciate it!
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    Image of DAULERIO DAULERIO
    07/29/09

    @GrantWahl: Thank you, sir. Come back again soon. /dick joke.
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    Image of GrantWahl GrantWahl
    07/29/09

    In reply to Book Excerpts That Don't Suck: "The Beckham Experiment" (With Live Author Chat)
    @Chris Hanson's Axe I think we're at a point where there's no single player who's going to be the "savior" of MLS or soccer in America. There doesn't need to be. But adding star power is one of the things MLS needs to do to raise its standard and its profile. Obviously you need more than one player to do that. I just hope that MLS owners don't decide to close their wallets completely because of what has happened with Beckham, because I think that would be the wrong lesson to take from the Beckham Experiment.
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    Image of GrantWahl GrantWahl
    07/29/09

    In reply to Book Excerpts That Don't Suck: "The Beckham Experiment" (With Live Author Chat)
    @Cowboycane I think Donovan is changing rep with a lot of people these days, partly on the field (where he's on fire and more consistent than ever, including the recent Confed Cup) and partly in his maturity off the field. Whether you agree or disagree with what Donovan told me for the book, it took some stones to do it. (And believe me, he tried to go face-to-face with Beckham earlier, but Beckham didn't want to hear anything.) Beckham and his people are far more motivated by anything that goes public, and Donovan realized that was the only real way to reach him.
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    Image of GrantWahl GrantWahl
    07/29/09

    In reply to Book Excerpts That Don't Suck: "The Beckham Experiment" (With Live Author Chat)
    @NordoftheBlings Victoria had a big influence on the decision to move to LA in the first place. AEG (Galaxy owner) is also one of the top music concert promoters in the world, and 19 Entertainment (which manages Victoria and David) also manages all the American Idol performers. AEG and 19 make tens of millions on concerts (including Spice Girls reunion tour!) at AEG-owned venues around the world, therefore that it was important for AEG to maintain good relationship with 19. Often that meant making soccer decisions that hurt the Galaxy. Synergy's a bitch sometimes.
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    07/29/09

    In reply to Book Excerpts That Don't Suck: "The Beckham Experiment" (With Live Author Chat)
    @roland_t_flakfizer Thanks--I'm back on the college hoops beat for SI as soon as we get going on the preview issue. Can't wait to get it started.
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    07/29/09

    In reply to Book Excerpts That Don't Suck: "The Beckham Experiment" (With Live Author Chat)
    @NonBojangler It's weird: when Beckham arrived in LA he went out of his way to say that he could still play for England (and in 2010) while playing in MLS. Now he's made Capello the bad guy by saying Capello is making him play in Europe if he wants to be in South Africa, but the fact is that Beckham himself wanted out of MLS in February '09. Capello is a convenient target for the blame, though.
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