With less than a week out from the release of Grant Wahl's The Beckham Experiment, further revealations come to us via The Associated Press. Among them are that ESPN paid Beckham's Management to produce an hour-long TV special in 2007, Alexi Lala's over-ruled the voting results and gave the team MVP award to Chris Klein which allegedly cost Landon Donovan $25,000 in bonus cash and that David Beckham is good to stay in the Seacaucus Sheraton (which, let's be honest, most of us are).

Americans Abroad / USMNT
US Earns Respect Of Soccer Powers - Florida Today
US Readies For Sterner Test - Boston Herald
Bob Bradley And Players Discuss Upcoming Game Against Honduras - The MNT Blog
Opportunity Knocks For US Players At Gold Cup - Washington Post
Robert Kraft Joins US World Cup Bid Committee - Revolution official site
Kraft Joins US World Cup Bid Committee - MLSnet
Kraft Joins Efforts To Bring World Cup Tourney To US - Boston Globe
Onyewu Signs With AC Milan - Soccer By Ives
Onyewu First US Player Signed By AC Milan - Associated Press
'Gooch' Makes Historic Move For US Soccer - Sports Network
Onyewu Joins AC Milan - Goal (NY Times)
Onyewu Signs With Rossoneri - Yanks Abroad
US Defender Onyewu On To AC Milan - MLSnet
Onyewu Signing Brings More Attention To US Players - Soccer365
Oguchi Inked By AC Milan; Talk About Jackpot - Soccer y Futbol
Video: Alexi On Oguchi Onyewu To AC Milan - ESPNsoccernet
Onyewu To Milan - Soccer Insider
Onyewu Signs Contract With AC Milan - MLS Daily
Gooch Signs With Milan: Reaction - MLS Talk
Into The Milan Frying Pan - No Short Corners
Milan Sign Onyewu - ESPNsoccernet
Oguchi Onyewu To AC Milan - Extra Time (NY Post)
Inter Wanted AC Milan Signing Onyewu - Goal.

By Diego Maradona

Alexi,

What's up you leather-faced buffoon? Last time I saw you I was probably putting the ball through your legs. Or blowing lines off your wife's potatoes after your country banned me in 94'. You're lucky I didn't get you on the field. Just kidding. Have we met before? I don't remember.

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.

I think there is little doubt that we would all love the opportunity to spend the Ronaldo war chest of money for Sir Alex. It would be a pleasure. We would all pick a David Silva here, maybe a David Villa there. Some would plump for precocious talent such as Alexi Sanchez, or Douglas Costa.