Being the loyal American that he is, Stephen Colbert supports the U.S. soccer team, and makes a good case for supporting soccer in general.

Soccer Pros: Fun Scarves and riots
Soccer Cons: Players must be in shape and low scores

From Babe Ruth to CC Sabathia, our world-class athletes are traditionally one corn dog away from a massive coronary.

Colbert didn’t do enough to turn me into a full-fledged soccer fan but rioting with a scarf on sounds like fun.

David Beckham of the LA Galaxy and AC Milan (?) is clearing some space in his garage by selling his 2002 Bentley Arnage T. Beckham orginally paid around $295,000 for the vehicle and had $120,000 worth of upgrades added to the car which he is now selling for $157,000 on Auto Trader.

Here are some of the features you get for an extra $120,000:

• Folding rear picnic tables
• Polished wheels
• Bespoke cup-holders to both front door pockets
• ‘Le Mans’ style wing vents
• Alpine hi-fi with sub-woofers
• Half wood/half leather steering wheel
• Roof mounted illuminated vanity mirrors to rear compartment
• Rear fridge
• Diamond cross handles
• Televisions in the rear headrests with bespoke covers

Picnic tables, televisions, and a refrigerator.. Sounds like a luxury RV more than a Bentley. If the Arnage is a little out of your price range you can pick up Wayne Rooney’s 2005 Mercedes G55 AMG for $103,000.

Another sign that the L.A. Galaxy and MLS were put too much stock in an aging David Beckham has been delivered by England coach Fabio Capello. The new man in charge for England made a Mike McCarthy/Ted Thompson like decision by moving Beckham to the bench in favor of young star on the rise Theo Walcott.

It’s usually hard for a superstar player to admit it’s time to move on. Nobody would be shocked if Beckham was pissed about the decision being made for him, but so far Becks is singing the praises of Walcott.

From The Mirror:

“I’m pleased for Theo and the team and I am happy to be here, but I don’t expect to play in every game. That’s the way it is.

“I was happy to get on in both games and would have liked to play more, but I don’t care whether I play or not. The most important thing is England winning and qualifying for the World Cup.”

Becks sounds good now, but if England’s World Cup chances are hanging in the balance you can believe that David Beckham will want to be on the pitch. Although his game is on the decline Beckham deserves to end his career on the field.

This is my first time seeing video of this guy, but he’s all over YouTube so I’m probably late to the party. Either way, he’s better with crutches than I would be if I was using my feet and hands.

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When David Beckham signed to play with the L.A. Galaxy some people believed Becks would bring Americans to soccer. And he did in his first year, but in his second season Beckham is seeing less people in the stands on the road. The Galaxy plays to a packed house at home, but the hopes of the MLS were that Beckham would fill stadiums league wide.

The economy could be a factor although MLB isn’t suffering any attendance problems. It’s more likely that a past his prime David Beckham can’t put the MLS on the map by himself.

There were 21,000 fewer fans in New York to watch Beckham play last weekend against the Red Bulls than a year ago. Last month’s visit to soccer-crazed Washington, D.C., drew about 10,000 fewer fans than the previous year despite the fact the 2007 game was played in a rainstorm.

If the numbers keep falling like this David Beckham won’t want to finish his contract let alone make it to his 100th cap. I can’t blame David Beckham for the MLS hyping him up when his best days were behind him, and I can’t blame Beckham for the league’s lack of other major stars. If the MLS can get 5-10 high profile players in their prime to come to the US and play, then and only then, will the sport move ahead of bass fishing and hotdog eating contest in popularity in the States.

David Beckham, MLS, Los Angeles Galaxy, attendance

The unveiling of David Beckham’s new underwear poster last week in San Francisco attracted a large audience, and created the buzz Macy’s and Emporio Armani were looking for. I don’t know how much they paid Beckham or how much underwear they sold, but I’m sure the investment is paying off. The English soccer star revealed via his blog that he was shocked by the interest in his billboard.

“To be honest, I was amazed by the huge billboard poster outside Macy’s department store, but even more amazed by the amount of people who turned up to see it! I’m always surprised by the amount of attention certain things create, but the attention this campaign has created is pretty incredible.”

Becks is being humble. He knows he’s an international sex symbol, and I’m sure Macy’s and Emporio Armani told him his piece would be prominently featured on the side of a store. What David should find incredible is the way nobody cares about soccer in America, but they pretend that they do when Beckham’s involved.

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Steve Nash and Claudio Reyna put together a celebrity soccer game at Sara D. Roosevelt park in New York City. The match brought out some big names and a huge crowd in the name of charity. Fans climbed fences, trees, and light post to watch Baron Davis, Jason Kidd, Leandro Barbosa, and Raja Bell join up with Thierry Henry, Steve McManaman, and Robbie Fowler. Steve Nash’s team won the game 9-4 which probably doesn’t matter as much as the overall entertainment provided by all of the players.

Thierry Henry:

Baron Davis played soccer in seventh grade, but that didn’t stop him from committing two hand-ball fouls which led to penalty kicks.. And he got carded. It wasn’t all bad for BD though.. Check out his game below:

It’s fun to watch the NBA players on the soccer field but you know the Golden St. Warriors were nervous. Baron Davis is injury prone and the team might be trying to move him. One wrong step and their 2008-09 season and the hopes of a deal were done.

Steve Nash, Claudio Reyna, Thierry Henry, Baron Davis, video, youtube

A giant billboard of David Beckham posing in Emporio Armani underwear was unveiled in San Francisco and as you can hear the ladies loved it. Of course, it’s San Francisco so you could argue that everybody loved seeing Beck’s package blown up on the side of a Macy’s. Enjoy it girls…

David Beckham showed up at the ceremony to sign pictures of his crotch.

(Photo courtesy of AP/Jakub Masur)

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Director Guy Ritchie put together this dope two minute soccer ad for Nike, giving him his best piece of work since Snatch in 2000. The commercial is shot from an Arsenal player’s point of view.. You get to see various stages of his career and training leading to him playing for the Netherlands. The commercial also shows us what puking, signing a woman’s chest, and de-pantsing somebody is like from the player’s perspective.

The ad is full of cameos including Ronaldinho, Wayne Rooney, Marco Materazzi, and Cristiano Ronaldo.. For some reason the other Ronaldo isn’t in the spot but I doubt his run-in with some tranny hookers had anything to do with it. Between this commercial and the Become Legendary spots, Nike is smashing the advertising game.

Guy Ritchie, NIKE, soccer, football, Take It To The Next Level, video

Mike Tyson and Diego Maradona are scheduled to be in attendance at next month’s Cannes Film Festival that will feature documentaries about the former athletes. Both men experienced the highs and lows of fame and judging from the people behind them, the documentaries shouldn’t disappoint.

‘Maradona’ was put together by Serbian director Emir Kusturica, and intends to take us through three stages of Maradona’s life. Kusturica offered this about his work while it was still in progress:

The film will show “the three Maradonas” I’ve discovered during the shooting: the football teacher, the politically incorrect citizen against the unilateral politics of the USA and the family man. These three Diegos will be in the end of the film I will shoot in the Aztec Stadium in Mexico, where Diego scored one of his most famous goals, during the World Cup 1986 against the English team.

That goal is incredible but doesn’t Maradona’s most famous goal have to be when he did this?

Still hurts doesn’t it England?

If you’re wondering who was able to pull Mike Tyson for a documentary, it was screenwriter and director James Toback. He directed Mike’s big screen debut in Black and White.

Here’s Tyson’s best scene from the movie. My bad on the quality and the language.

Gotta give Robert Downey Jr. credit. The guy at the circus that sticks his head in the mouth of a lion is in less danger than Downey was in this scene. Mike could’ve snapped at any moment and gone from acting to Tyson-Holyfield II.

Cannes contenders: Madonna, ‘Panda’. Courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter

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