David Beckham’s new underwear advertisement for Emporio Armani that can be found on the corner of Sunset Blvd. and Roxbury in Los Angeles.

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David from Pretty on the Outside sent over this illustrative Christmas card featuring David Beckham and spoofing his most recent ad for Emporio Armani underwear. Merry Beckmas!

David from Pretty on the Outside sent over this illustration of David Beckham’s ‘Golden Balls’, which is a reference to how Elton John greeted Beckham, when kissing him on the cheek last week, at a football party last week.

AskMen.com has unveiled their Top 49 Men of 2007.  The men’s site received more than 1 million votes in deciding who was the top man of 2007.  Soccer star David Beckham topped the list being voted as this years most manly man.

Global soccer icon David Beckham became the $250-million man when he (and wife Victoria Beckham) moved to Beverly Hills to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy of the MLS. Between his tremendous talent, English charm, stylish wardrobe, and slick haircuts, Becks is single-handedly making soccer relevant stateside.

This is the second year that AskMen.com has done the Top 49 Men voting.  Last year George Clooney came out on top.  This year Clooney dropped all the way down to #8.

There is many interesting choices throughout. Timbaland at #3 is more than baffling. No doubt he is a great producer but the #3 Top Man of 2007?

How Other Notable Celebs Ranked

• Matt Damon #2
• Justin Timberlake #5
• George Clooney #8
• Brad Pitt #11
• Peyton Manning #16
• Leonardo Dicaprio #22
• Tiger Woods #26
• Simon Cowell #38
• Dane Cook #43

Who was left off this year’s list? What celeb scored too high or too low?  How is Tiger Woods #26 on any list?  Leave a comment with your thoughts on AskMen.com’s Top 49 Men of 2007.

Ted Beckham, the father of soccer god David Beckham, has suffered a heart attack according to Beckham’s agent. Beckham took the first flight to England to be with his father.

“His father had a heart attack,” Beckham’s agent, Simon Oliveira said. “David was made aware of it late last night. He caught the first available flight and he’ll be arriving in London around lunchtime.”

The 59-year-old Ted Beckham was taken to a hospital near his home in east London on Wednesday night, and then transferred to another hospital.

“We can confirm that he is a patient,” Barts and The London NHS Trust spokeswoman Michelle Alexander said. “He’s in stable condition at the London Chest Hospital.”

Praying for a strong recovery for Mr. Teddy.

David Beckham, of the L.A. Galaxy, was injured again last night in the Galaxy’s soccer match.  Beckham injured his knee last night and is expected to miss at least six weeks.

“It’s just gone from one thing to another thing. Maybe it is a sign to give it a rest, get it right and not come back until it is right,” Beckham told reporters after the game which the Galaxy lost on penalties.

A Galaxy spokesman said Beckham had suffered a sprain to his right knee while the midfielder indicated the injury could be more serious.

“It doesn’t feel good. With a ligament strain it is four-to-six weeks. We will have to wait and see,” he said before refusing to rule himself out of the Galaxy’s match away against Real Salt Lake on Saturday.

“I’m going to have a scan, at the end of the day, if the scan comes back tomorrow and it is not as bad as it was then you know maybe I’ve got a chance to play [on Saturday].”

It seems the U.S. soccer experience for David Beckham could perhaps be over for good.  He will miss the rest of the MLS season. At his age, and with his ankle and now knee injuries, it won’t be surprising to see him hang his shin guards  up.

Fans went to Carson, California on Thursday night to see a soccer match and instead they almost saw David Beckham get beat down physically by his opponent. An all-out fight almost took place before referees could break it up.

Marsch came running up behind Beckham and applied a high kick to the Galaxy captain’s upper right hip during injury time at the end of the first half of the Major League Soccer game.

“He kind of got a piece of me the play before that and so it was somewhat of a retaliation, somewhat of a tactical foul because he was on the break,” Marsch said. “It was harder than I would have liked it to have been. I apologized to him and I told him I respect what he’s about. He was kind of dumb with me though.”

Beckham fell forward, got up and ran over to Marsch, shouting in his face. A grim-faced Marsch stood his ground while Beckham was pulled away by teammate Edson Buddle. Beckham continued shouting at Marsch and swung his right arm when the referee tried to grab him and usher him away.

A shoving match ensued between the teams, which Beckham quickly backed out of and circled around. Defender Alex Zotinca of Chivas USA head-butted Galaxy midfielder Kevin Harmse in the scrum, and Harmse threw a punch at Zotinca. Both received red cards.

Punching and fighting in soccer would make it more popular here in the States.  If its a boring sport like hockey then you need fighting to be allowed.

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David Beckham, on his most recent blog post, says he is not use to the hard soil here.  For $250 million dollars he is quickly adjusting though.

“I’m not used to the harder ground out here,” the UK soccer transplant writes in his blog, referring to a recent game at Giants Stadium. “But being quite stubborn, I was determined to play the whole game and I’m glad that I did.”

Beckham’s Los Angeles Galaxy lost 5-4 to the New York Red Bulls last Saturday, but his first Major League Soccer start drew more than 66,000 fans.

“It was brilliant to play the full ninety minutes against Red Bull New York,” he writes. “On top of being given the honour of captain again, I managed to set up a few goals, which obviously, was a great feeling even though we were really unfortunate to concede a late goal and lose the game. The atmosphere at the Giants’ stadium was incredible, and there was a huge turnout for the match, which really gave us all a fantastic buzz.”

Tom Cruise could not be reached for comment.

David from Pretty on the Outside with another great caricature. This time featuring the Major League Soccer’s marketing toy that is David Beckham.

David Beckham finally played a few minutes tonight in the Galaxy’s game against the D.C. United.  He played about twenty minutes and missed a free shot.

The sellout crowd of more than 46,686 at RFK Stadium let out a thunderous roar as the 32-year-old English midfielder with the tender ankle stripped off his warmup jacket and T-shirt, displaying his bare chest in a steady rain. He then put on his No. 23 jersey and entered the game in place of Quavas Kirk with the Galaxy trailing 1-0.

His appearance as a substitute was the latest milestone in his move to the United States, a signing that has created unprecedented publicity for a league that hopes to elevate itself above niche status in a crowded sports landscape. Beckham’s first news conference and first appearance in uniform were huge events by themselves—now he has actually played in a competitive game.

One small step for man, one giant leap for Hollywood!

Los Angeles Galaxy fans are growing frustrated that David Beckham is getting paid $250 million dollars and hasn’t played but 14 minutes in one exhibition game. So far this season Becks has played just 14 more minutes than his Victoria has.
Fans are voicing their displeasure by getting creative with their cardboard signs they have been toting to the games.

Some of the better ones have been:

‘David, Welcome to America! Where people like you get paid to do nothing’.

‘Bench it like Beckham’.

‘All I came to see was a Spice Girl’.

Beckham has no problem spending hours everyday shopping on his bum ankle. When you have that much money in your pocket though you have to get rid of it before it weighs you down.

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Soccer important sensation hype known as David Beckham is going to miss another soccer match today when the L.A. Galaxy play Chivas at the Coliseum in Los Angeles.

Blame it on a nagging left ankle injury that has kept the English star off the practice field and mostly out of sight since joining the team July 13.

Beckham will miss his second straight game Saturday night, when the Galaxy play 11-time Mexican first division champion Chivas in a SuperLiga tournament game at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

“He won’t be playing tomorrow, but he’s feeling better, the soreness is going,” Galaxy coach Frank Yallop said Friday. “He gets a lot of work done on it and it gets sore, then the work that he’s had done is obviously helping it, so the soreness keeps getting lighter and lighter. Once he gets out here and puts his boots on, he’ll be close to being ready to go.”

That $250 million dollar investment in Beckham is not looking too great now, but that could quickly change once he gets on the field.  He is the Jason Sehorn of soccer.  I am sure all that shopping in the past week with wife Victoria has been great for Beck’s compromised ankle.

Is David Beckham prematurely aging? He looks like an old man all of a sudden. He looked even older limping around, hunched over during the L.A. Galaxy’s exhibition loss against Chelsea. He did turn the heat up for the W photo shoot earlier this month.

Compare Becks above (taken July 21, 2007) with Becks below (from just a couple years ago).

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The much discussed and over-hyped debut of David Beckham into Major League Soccer could be delayed as Becks has an injured ankle.  He re-injured the ankle during practice yesterday.

The 32-year-old former England captain was limited to light exercises and ball work with the injury originally sustained on England duty back in June continuing to bother him.

Beckham is still hoping to be able to make his Major League Soccer debut in Saturday’s friendly against English Premier League giant Chelsea, but his new employers will not want to risk their multi-million dollar signing in an exhibition game unless they are sure he is healthy enough to play.

No word if the injury could have occurred during the steamy photo shoot with wife Victoria Beckham that currently appears in W magazine.  Beckham also injured his right knee earlier in the year.

You either love or hate Victoria ‘Posh’ Beckham.  If you hate her then you probably don’t want to hear that she and her soccer husband David Beckham could be staying forever in the U.S. and living in Los Angeles.

“We are going to be here a long time, this might be where we spend the rest of our lives.”

She told the Mirror: “We are so excited about America … This is a huge move for us, for our children.”

I can’t blame the silicone babe.  Yesterday, at David’s coronation in Los Angeles, was the first time that anyone has ever seen her smile.

More spicey Posh and Dave from their W magazine spread

David and Victoria Beckham are on the cover of the new W magazine and also in a very sexy photo shoot on the inside pages of the rag.  Great way to introduce yourself to America and Los Angeles as David is about to begin is career with the L.A. Galaxy of Major League Soccer.  Posh also is getting ready for her reunion with the Spice Girls.
View photos from this shoot in the Backseat

The $250 million dollar man David Beckham injured his right knee during a match with Getafe. Beckham was playing for Spain’s Madrid team.

Beckham appeared to sustain the problem midway through the second half of the Primera Liga match, after mishitting a cross and then running into the advertising hoardings behind the goal.

He stayed on the pitch for a while seemingly in a bid to run the injury off but, with no apparent improvement, he was substituted with Antonio Cassano taking his place.

This is a major blow to both Madrid and Beckham. The team is facing two tough away matches next week. Beckham had recently signed a $250 million dollar contract to play for MLS’s Los Angeles Galaxy. Healthy portions of the contract revolve around endorsements and a percentage of merchandise sales.

The injury to the knee looks to be very serious. The best scenario has him able to play in six weeks and the worst being a torn ACL which would put him out of action for about a year.

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Tom Cruise is already giving advice and recruiting soccer player David Beckham to join his Scientology cult.

“I talked with [Cruise] for about an hour last night and an hour the night before,” Beckham said at a news conference held yesterday to discuss his five-year, $250 million deal with the Los Angeles Galaxy.

“I asked him for his advice. … He’s a very wise man and a very good friend of mine. To have his experience and have him explain some things to me, that’s a big favor,” Beckham said.

Beckham’s wife Victoria has already accepted a part in a Scientology movie.

Though the couple has not publicly mentioned the controversial religion, Posh reportedly has accepted church literature from her new friends.

And she is lined up to play an alien bride in “The Thetan,” a Cruise-backed movie about an immortal spiritual being Scientologists believe is present in all humans.

Cruise’s wife Katie Holmes is doing her best to convert Victoria as well.

And the newspaper said the ex-Spice Girls singer was a prime target for the church, which has a dedicated wing aimed at recruiting high-profile stars.

Posh, who, like Holmes, was brought up Catholic, is perfect fodder because she is desperate for help to boost her celebrity status in America, the Daily Mail reported.

Good luck Tom but I don’t think he will sleep with you.

Over-the-hill (according to the British) soccer player David Beckham has signed a $250 million dollar, five year contract to play soccer for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer (MLS).

‘Of course it’s a huge amount of money… it’s an amazing amount of money,’ Beckham told ABC News’ Good Morning America.

He added: ‘I said yesterday and some people laughed at me, but this move for me is not about the money, it’s about hopefully making a difference in the US with the soccer and that’s what I’m going there for.

The salary breaks down roughly to nearly $1 million dollars per week. That is a lot of money for Victoria Beckham’s plastic surgeons.

Asked if the money would enable him to buy anything he could not afford before, Beckham said: ‘I’m sure there’ll be many things but my wife controls that side.

He said there would ‘plenty of opportunities’ for Victoria but added she was currently content working on her fashion line rather than thinking about restarting a career in musical.

Be honest how many of you even knew L.A. had a soccer team or that a pro soccer league even existed in America?