Let's enjoy a lush trifecta of footballer perfection avec children:

David Beckham with his oldest son Brooklyn at the Lakers game last night. Photo details that make us feel safe and secure: Brooklyn's untied shoelaces and David's chomped on candy apple;

Francesco Totti and his seriously enamoured son Christian.

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Let's enjoy a lush trifecta of footballer perfection avec children:

David Beckham with his oldest son Brooklyn at the Lakers game last night. Photo details that make us feel safe and secure: Brooklyn's untied shoelaces and David's chomped-on candy apple;

Francesco Totti and his seriously enamoured son Christian.

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Here's a video of a couple of Brooklyn boys breaking one of my cardinal rules for New York area-living: never cross two rivers in one trip. If you have to go from the BK to The Dirty Jersey make a pit stop in the city for a drink, a meal or anything to break up the trip. I find that it makes the journey less epic. Click to continue reading...

Please see: Cruz, Brooklyn and Romeo with Victoria Beckham on the way to celebrate Romeo's 6th birthday at Fogo De Chao in Beverly Hills.

Please note: Just like their parents set the bar for superstar football couples, it looks like the Beckham brood are leading the way for all the 'baller babies to follow.

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Please see: Cruz, Brooklyn and Romeo with Victoria Beckham on the way to celebrate Romeo's 7th birthday at Fogo De Chao in Beverly Hills.

Please note: Just like their parents set the bar for superstar football couples, it looks like the Beckham brood are leading the way for all the 'baller babies to follow.

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The Beckham Experiment media blitz rolls on and if you live in Brooklyn it's rolling your way tomorrow night. Author Grant "Watch how I ball" Wahl will be in D.U.M.B.O at the Varsity Letters event alongside ESPN writer Wright Thompson and New York Times writer Bruce Weber, author of As They See 'Em: A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires, at Gelf Magazine's free event at Jan Larsen Art Studios. Click to continue reading...

It's only $1,000, but I suppose it's the principle of the thing rather than amount. Hope he doesn't take it out of Brooklyn's weekly allowance:

NEW YORK (AP) -- David Beckham was fined $1,000 by Major League Soccer, which said his gestures toward taunting fans suggested that they leave their seats and come on the field.

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Not sure why this one is newsworthy but the paparazzi of Los Angeles seemed to think that following David Beckham and his two sons to a store was eventful.

David Beckham out with sons

The three Beckham Boys - David, Brooklyn and Romeo strolled to the "Grove" shopping mall on July 23, 2009.

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What is it about Cruz Beckham? We love this kid more than Louboutins.

His little face looks like he's constantly scoping a trouble-making opportunity or a way to cause a ruckus. He probably gave himself that hair-do whilst his parents were sleeping.

Brooklyn may be the first of the Beckham brood, and Romeo may be the poster child for gorgessity, but Cruz is the shining star of this family.

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If Zidane is in town I suppose it would be impolite not to say hi to other international soccer stars. When Zinedine Zidane was in Canada with his family for the Charity games in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, he took a quick jet down to Los Angeles to meet up with David and Victoria Beckham.

Zidane and Beckham families meet up at LA Galaxy game - July 11, 2009

It looked like a fun family outing as both families have similar aged kids.

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Official Press Release (Long Island Rough Riders)
Free entry for kids wearing any soccer jersey!
Plainview, NY (July 14, 2009) – The Long Island Rough Riders men's team will host the Westchester Flames on Wednesday, July 15th in their regular season home finale. Kick off will be 8PM (originally scheduled for 7PM) at Cy Donnelly Stadium located at St. Click to continue reading...

I'm supposed to go see Phoenix tonight but I may take a pass as I am a bit under the weather and would like to recover in time to tailgate the RBNY-Seattle match tomorrow. But just because I'm not seeing them doesn't mean you can't; yesterday the Frenchies did Letterman (see above), my day job and a gig in Brooklyn so there is plenty of video to go around. Click to continue reading...

Y'know, there's nothing wrong with the US National Team that forced loyalty oaths wouldn't cure. If we had forced Ferdinando Rossi to change his name to Fred Ross at Ellis Island like we did back in the good old days, we hand Italy their asses yesterday. It's those Red agitators, I tell you.
I don't know if it's necessarily infallible as a way of telling loyalty, but the worse the English is on the player's official website, the less likely it is that the player in question is going to be wearing our beloved anthracite. Click to continue reading...

On the last episode of the podcast, you heard me talk about Wilco, and you heard the music of JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound. But did you ever think you would ever hear one covering the other?

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you this.

Funny how that piano riff that sounded so disjointed on the original sounds killer with the horn section.

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La vita di "Iron" Mike, un dramma senza fine. L'ex campione della boxe, nato a Brooklyn nel 1966 e vincitore del titolo WBC dei massimi a soli 20 anni, vive ora (come se non fosse bastato tutto quello capitatogli negli anni addietro) un altro momento difficile di una vita passata a difendersi non solo sul ring. Click to continue reading...

The Red Bulls accomplished an awful lot this past weekend; breaking their goalless streak, gaining their first win of the season, debuting the final piece of the puzzle in Alfredo Pacheco, and ultimately, breathing some hope into this season.

But on this gorgeous night, there was something missing.

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Actually, no Rafinha can't fly and he isn't levitating in this picture. He just has been very busy playing soccer locally and has just completed a free kick in this picture. Things are going very well for him. Besides his opportunity to train with the Newark Ironbound Express, he also has tryouts scheduled with the Long Island Rough Riders and Brooklyn Knights as well as some opportunities back in Brazil including the possibility of a tryout with Flamengo! Click to continue reading...

The Brooklyn Field Club won the first U.S. Open Cup in 1914, and now either D.C. United or the Charleston Battery will hoist the Cup Wednesday night after meeting in the Cup Finals at RFK Stadium in Washington D.C. Well, actually neither team will lift the trophy? Why? Because it won't be there. The Dewar Trophy, which goes to the [. Click to continue reading...

Romeo bends it like Beckham

David Beckham's five year old son is following in his dad's footsteps, curving the ball into the net in a way that's almost identical to Becks' famous free kick.Romeo Beckham kicked the ball across the old block at an American soccer school, in David's signature style shot, which had the onlookers open-mouthed.

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Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz took to the stage with their dad as he was named top male athlete last night. Millions of US children voted Becks, 33, their top sport hero for the award.
Cruz Beckham unleashed a spontaneous break dancing routine on stage following David's acceptance speech. Click to continue reading...

I'd like to give a massive, Brooklyn-sized shout out to Greg Lalas for his recent two-part piece on SI.com's Outside The Box. Part 1 is the American Soccer Fan's Bill of Rights; some people may find it a bit "presumptive", there is a bit of truth in what he's saying.
Part 2 is the American Soccer Fan's of Responsibilities; rarely do I agree nearly 100% with anything anyone writes but I think I may have reached that point with this bang-on bit of educated editorial. Click to continue reading...

David Beckham: I Cant Imagine Being Anywhere Else In The World Right Now - Access Hollywood

The soccer star said that though his family – wife Victoria, and sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz, have been here for a year, it still feels fresh."It seems like only a few weeks ago I arrived in Los Angeles with my family ready for the next chapter in our lives," Beckham wrote.

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Victoria Beckham flew into San Francisco to join David after his launch of his new Armani underwear campaign.

Victoria and David took their sons Brooklyn, nine, Romeo, seven, and Cruz, three, to The Rock, in San Francisco Bay, to visit Alcatraz, the prison that once housed mafia boss Al Capone.

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