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The Beautiful Game

New biography of the football star during his Los Angeles years.

When U.K. royals David and Victoria Beckham landed on American shores, everyone went crazy. But the Beckham's state-side sojourn—prompted by his $250 million deal to play with the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team—will be seen in retrospect as one the weirder chapters in British-American relations. In a new book, The Beckham Experiment, Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl interviews Beckham and his Galaxy teammates—including some of whom made as little as $12,000 a year—and covers some personal ground, exploring Beckham’s icy relationship with Galaxy’s President, his marriage, and his friendship with Tom Cruise.

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