Sunday, July 22, 2007

he's heeeeeeeeeeere!

beckham jr & suri cruise at the match

ok, so after perusing the pix available this morning, the one i finally decided best represents the debut of david beckham for the los angeles galaxy team against the scum yesterday is this celebrity shot.

doug (my classmate and yanks fan) invited me over to watch the game. we had the espn coverage on the tv, and the yankees game on his laptop on the coffee table. i wore a lovely qpr t-shirt, and he got his old inter shirt out for the occasion.

so why did i pick this particular photograph? because of the espn coverage of a football match. first of all, there was the "beckham cam", where we were forced to look at his feet and check whether or not they were in his shoes. then there were the 'celebrity' interviews - drew carey, governor schwarzenegger, etc - please tell me (or rather you'd better not) what on earth a pitch-side chat with jennifer love hewitt, 'star' of some tv series, was doing on-screen while the game was actually being played? that's just what every sports fan, every football fan is craving rather than watching abel xavier thwart another drogba attack on goal.

that is the way in the usa. i don't think, however, it is the way to turn people on to football. if they are watching for the cutaway shots of tv and sports stars, then maybe the e-entertainment channel is the place for television coverage of the los angeles galaxy. grumble grumble rant!

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