Maybe Posh can pick up the check
Remember when Landon Donovan was a fresh-faced kid winning titles with Earthquakes Part I? It’s been a long, winding path from those days to this: slap-fighting through the press with the world’s most famous soccer player.
It all stems from this “Beckham Experiment” excerpt in Sports Illustrated where Donovan benignly insults David Beckham for, among other things, not picking up the check and wrestling the LA Galaxy captaincy from Donovan. Today, Beckham slapped back: “…in 17 years, I have played with the biggest teams in the world and the biggest players and not once have I been criticized for my professionalism.”
Quakes keeper Joe Cannon, formerly installed in LA, basically previewed this entire situation on Soccer by Ives earlier this year when he said “I almost want to write a book about how bad it was” when Beckham arrived. If only Cannon had talked to Random House before stupid Grant Wahl!
Cannon, never shy with a mic in front of him, had some strong words about the Quakes’ 3-1 loss to Toronto FC on Saturday. “I like this group of guys, but I think we all need to ask more of ourselves.” Upcoming book: The Huckerby Experiment.
…Other linkage, not including Seth (not Steph) Curry and those U-19 hoops studs…
LeBron James got dunked on, Nike confiscated the tape, and the world is abuzz. But Cal’s Patrick Christopher, who was on the court at the time, sums it up perfectly: The dunk was big but is getting bigger because of the whole Communist-state-repression stuff. BearTalk
Pablo Sandoval still has a shot at the All-Star team. By the time you read this he could already be an All-Star. And not just in your heart. Merc
The Chronicle is running an epic multi-part series on why San Francisco lost (technically “could lose”) the 49ers to Santa Clara. One of the reasons: Gavin Newsom didn’t drink with John York enough. It all comes back to alcohol. SFGate
Vernon Davis really is turning into Sean Avery. The “Atlanta Fashion Examiner” summarizes, but commenter “niner fan” only cares about wins. “Now lets see if he can use fasion to catch footballs and be a good pro football player.” Well said. Examiner
Steph (Not Seth) Curry is lighting up the NBA Summer League despite a lack of actual stats. It makes sense, we suppose. FanHouse
The only thing former St. Mary’s star Patty Mills lit up was the hospital blood pressure monitor after breaking his foot in his first game for the Blazers. BASG
The best part of this amazing play? The woman who makes the catch not only brought her glove, but also brought her batting glove. What, did she think she’d be taking batting practice too?
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By Peter on Sunday, July 12th, 2009 at 11:29 pm.
Tags: Cal Golden Bears, Golden State Warriors, San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Giants, San Jose Earthquakes, St. Mary's Gaels