David Beckham and Tom Cruise are well-known BFFs, so much so that the new book, “The Beckham Experiment”, dedicates a chapter to their bromance. The book says Cruise has influenced every major Beckham decision since 2003 which I find hard to believe. That would be like Michael Jackson being one of the most influential people in Magic Johnson’s life..Bad example. Read the full story

The United States’ soccer team got the country interested in the world’s game for a few days last week by pulling off an upset of number one ranked Spain. The U.S. citizens were ready to go into full bandwagon mode when Clint Demspey and Landon Donovan put Team USA up 2-0 against Brazil, but the Brazilian rally put the party on hold.

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. Read the full story

Landon Donovan has the U.S. soccer team and its fans dreaming of one of the team’s biggest victories. Clint Dempsey got the party started, and now Donovan has spiked the punch at the Confederations Cup. Read the full story

Steve Nash is spending his summer vacation twittering, traveling in South America, and twittering about traveling in South America. When he isn’t drinking beer, helping the needy, or looking for good music, Nash is playing soccer with Club Olimpia in Paraguay and conducting interviews in Spanish. Read the full story

• David Beckham has his pulse checked by a medic after practicing with AC Milan

Remember when Victoria Beckham was reportedly asking for more than a million bucks in protection money to keep the Mafia from targeting David Beckham while he played for AC Milan? She should have been focused a little closer to home. Read the full story

• AC Milan star admits to being curious about Beckham

David Beckham will be suiting up for AC Milan until March, hopefully in a private dressing room, because some of his Italian teammates are looking forward to seeing Becks in person. It’s not his ability to bend kicks, or the fact that he’s David Beckham.. They want to see his “junk” up close.

The “they” is actually one Marco Borriello and apparently Armani’s Beckham underwear campaign did its job on him.
From the Daily Star:

“I have a dressing-room curiosity. Read the full story

• David Beckham is selling his 2002 Bentley Arnage T for $157,000

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. Read the full story