No wonder this man is smiling
LONDON (AP) -- David Beckham earned nearly $16.5 million from personal sponsorship deals during
his first full season with the Galaxy.
The England midfielder's latest accounts show that his marketability was unaffected by his move
from Real Madrid to the United States, where soccer is less popular.
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Does Wells Thompson still live in a dorm? Kinda looks like it. I bet his roommate --who is probably
named Bodie-- made his website for him between games of hackey sack and trying to look deep while
reading Bukowski on The Quad. Which was real nice of him so Wells should probably get him Dave
Matthews tickets or something to say thanks.
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One shouldn't be in the business of making blind endorsements, but I'm going to step out and echo
my dude Dunny's co-sign on Steve Sirk's new Columbus Crew book, A Massive Season. I haven't read it
but it's just nice to see some American soccer-based product available in Amazon.com.
This coupled with the long, long, long-awaited release of Simon Kuper's upcoming book,
Soccernomics, makes for a banner month for The Largest Library of Soccer Related Literature on the
Jersey Shore™.
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Dirty Tackle 19 August @ 02:32 AM EST
Sports business strategists are tapping Cristiano Ronaldo to take over David Beckham's mantle as
the footballer to earn the most from endorsements as Beckham reaches as advanced age and Ronaldo
begins his first season with Real Madrid after his world record transfer. The Ronaldo brand,
however, is not without its faults.
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