Noted celebrity, philanthropist and sometime soccer player David Beckham was hit by the injury bug this past weekend and hit hard. With a torn Achilles, Beckham will miss what was to be his final World Cup. I’ll pause for a second as you reach for a tissue. Seeing as how this is heartthrob news, we’ll now hear in-depth analysis from an 18-year-old girl on the stud muffin otherwise known as David Beckham: “Like, as much as this sucks for Becks and… Read more
There must come a point in every man’s life when he realizes that he no longer cuts it with the younger generation. Having a young son, I no longer have to trawl the bars and clubs of the ATL looking for love (who am I kidding, just a very small, short specific part of it) but even when I was back in the UK, I was acutely aware of my own presence and had to make sure that I wasn’t, as Chris Rock had it, the oldest guy in the club. There was always one… Read more
I started a new day job this week and was pleasantly surprised by the reaction I received – people seemed genuinely pleased to see me. The fact that my predecessor left under something of a cloud, leaving a pile of uncompleted work might have something to do with it and the constant “oh thank goodness you are here!” makes one feel wanted. It got me to thinking about people whose debuts and signings for their clubs have not been so warm or effusive…. Read more
Dear Sir: Bobbo, Bobbo, guess what?!?!?!?!! Neil and I figured out a way to make all of your problems go away! Here’s what we realized – the US National Team must have a player named “M-something-90” on the pitch at all times. This is because Brian McBride retired; he would have been B-M-90, but I think internally Bobbo….you kind of switched the letters. I’m actually 100% sure this is what happened, but it’s OK, I got your back on this one and… Read more
