Thierry Henry made his MLS debut for the New York Red Bulls a memorable one by scoring his first goal for his new team. Henry’s flick-in came in the 25th minute and gave NY a 1-0 lead that they carried to halftime. Unfortunately for Thierry and New York, it was their only goal, and they ended up losing 2-1 to the Tottenham Spurs in the New York Barclays Challenge. It’s a loss, which sucks although it’s 100x better than Henry being interviewed by these clowns again.

Henry’s Red Bulls fall to Tottenham [ESPN]

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.

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Black Enterprise magazine has broken out it’s America’s Most Powerful Players Under 40 list for 2007. By players BE doesn’t mean athletes although several athletes made the list. This is the criteria for choosing the 65 person group:

“These celebrities have shrewdly leveraged their fame to build multimillion-dollar empires that will sustain them beyond their careers in sports and entertainment.”

These are Black Enterprise’s most powerful American athletes under 40:

• Thierry Henry, Soccer
• Lewis Hamilton, Auto Racing
• Phil Ivey, Poker Player
• LeBron James, Basketball
• LaDainian Tomlinson, Football
• Stevie Williams, Skateboarding
• Venus Williams, Tennis
• Tiger Woods, Golf

I haven’t seen the entire article, so maybe Black Enterprise clears this up, but Thierry Henry is French and Lewis Hamilton is British.. and Hamilton’s a rookie at that. I know he tore up the F1 world this year, it’s just a little early to start dousing him in anointing oil.

As far as the rest of the list, how do you have Venus and not Serena? Venus has the Steve and Barry deal, and Serena has her Aneras clothing line… AND.. The Diesel might be a shadow of Eric Dampier now, but Shaquille O’Neal has parlayed basketball into a soon to be half it’s current size empire.

BLACK ENTERPRISE Magazine Unveils Its 2007 Hot List: America’s Most Powerful Players Under 40. Courtesy of Earth Times

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