South Florida Soccer Fans may be the ones that enticed a group of investors to discuss an MLS team in Miami with Beckham.
A recent conversation among South Florida Soccer fans revealed that some time ago a letter was sent to David Beckham urging him to bring a team to Miami. Letters were also sent to possible investors around the country. Click to continue reading...

A month ago, the marketing folks at Crown Books sent me a preview copy of The Beckham Experiment, Grant Wahl's inside look at David Beckham's Big US Adventure. I'd like to think this is because Grant has me on speed dial and we spend a lot of time dishing about sport celebs, but Grant's so busy never returns my calls.

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We are honored to have Grant Wahl, from Sports Illustrated and author of the Beckham Experiment join us. Hear about Wahl's experience writing the book and about specific issues related to the Galaxy. AEG, Alexi Lalas, 19 Entertainment, and Alan Gordon are covered in full in this comprehensive interview.

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When David Beckham signed with the LA Galaxy in 2007, I wrote the following:

Even if Beckham's price is half the figure mentioned above, the league will recoup its investment. Beckham will put fannies in the seats and bring domestic and international exposure to MLS. This will attract even more sponsors at higher rates.

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Everyone in American soccer has been talking about Grant Wahl's book, "The Beckham Experiment" and everything involved with it. I was given the chance a few weeks ago to get a copy of the book and review it. With the game against David Beckham and the Galaxy coming up I figured it was the perfect time to get my review of the book out. Click to continue reading...

First off, I've never seen anything like this situation, especially in American soccer. I can't really remember anything on this level in other American sports either.
I finished reading Grant Wahl's excellent book over the weekend. After reading it, I can completely understand why Galaxy fans would be upset. Click to continue reading...

David Beckham is back, and fans of Major League Soccer are preparing for their next ride on the Goldenballs Rollercoaster. To spice up the moment, a book hit the shelves on Tuesday which has ignited interest in his return and will go down in US soccer history as a must-read.

The Beckham Experiment, by Sports Illustrated senior writer Grant Wahl, got another boost from the USA's Confederations Cup campaign in which Beckham's colleague Landon Donovan played himself not only into the affections of football observers worldwide, but back into those of the American fans who feel they've never seen the best from a man who should've been a superstar.

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Failure is almost always a more interesting subject for a book than success. Grant Wahl did not originally intend to spend 16 months following the dramatic disaster that was the David Beckham Experiment in America: but when Beckham's celebrated arrival as the saviour of American soccer degenerated into a farce of injuries and infighting at the Galaxy, the juicy tale of how the biggest investment in American soccer history resulted in one of the worst team meltdowns ever in MLS became the story he had to follow all the way through.

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Grant Wahl discusses his new book, The Beckham Experiment, out now from Crown

Why do book reviews have to be summaries of the book? I never got that. I understand it but don't get it. I do get jacket blurbs, though. Those few sentences of praise on the back of a boo I'm always curious what names are there and what they say.

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Sports Illustrated senior writer Grant Wahl's soon to be released book, "The Beckham Experiment", reveals that ESPN paid 19 Entertainment, Mr. Davey Becks' management company, to produce the hour-long documentary which was broadcast before his first match with the LA Galaxy back in 2007.

In what Wahl describes as an "example of checkbook journalism", the program entitled "David Beckham: New Beginnings" (part one above, the rest is on YouTube) was positioned as an insidery look at the lead up to Davey's move to Los Angeles something ESPN The Magazine failed to get when 19 Entertainment denied them interview access to Beckham.

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