The Beckham Experiment: How the World's Most Famous Athlete Tried to Conquer America

Wahl, Grant

ISBN 10: 030740787X / ISBN 13: 9780307407870

Published by Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House Inc, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Beckham Experiment: How the World's Most Famous Athlete Tried to Conquer America
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House Inc
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 030740787X
• ISBN 13: 9780307407870
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 530 grams

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Synopsis

Describes the politics and publicity behind the 2007 business venture in which David Beckham joined the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team in an attempt to popularize the sport in the United States.

About the Author

In twelve years at Sports Illustrated, senior writer GRANT WAHL has written thirty-one cover stories and more than two hundred articles while covering five World Cups, three Olympics, and twelve NCAA basketball tournaments. Wahl has won four Magazine Story of the Year awards, given by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. He lives in Baltimore with his wife, Céline.