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Explosive and rigorously reported, instant bestseller The Beckham Experiment shocked the sports world, ignited a media firestorm, and established itself as the definitive book on the toxic mixing of sports, business, and celebrity.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER .The book that rocked the sports world with its explosive revelations of abitter feud between David Beckham and American star Landon Donovan-and how they overcame their differences to lead the L.A. Galaxy to the championship final, now updated with a new Afterword
“Far more than merely a soccer book, The Beckham Experiment brilliantly explores-and exposes-that odd place where sports and celebrity collide.”-Jeff Pearlman, author of Boys Will Be Boys
In 2007, David Beckham shocked the international sports world when he signed a five-year contract with an American team, the Los Angeles Galaxy. Could he pull off what no player had ever accomplished and transform soccer into one of the most popular spectator sports in America? It was a bold experiment- failure meant a team, a league, a sport, and Beckham himself might miss their chance to hit primetime in the U.S.
With unprecedented access to the Galaxy and one-on-one interviews with Beckham, veteran Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl provides behind-the-scenes accounts, on the road with the team and inside the locker room, to reveal just what happened on and off the field when the most renowned player in the world left the glamour of European soccer to play in a country that has yet to fully embrace the sport
With The Beckham Experiment, Wahl presents a vivid account of ego clashes and epic winless streaks, rivalries and resentments, big gambles and great expectations, cultural and class collisions, and ultimately the volatile mix of celebrity and professional sportsthat was the Beckham experiment.
Author Biography
Grant Wahl wasone of the world’s leading soccer journalists.He wasthe owner and creator of the Fotbol with Grant Wahl website and podcast,didtelevision work for CBS Sports,and produceddocumentary films.His book The Beckham Experiment wasthe first soccer book to make the New York Times bestseller list. Wahl spent twenty-five years at Sports Illustrated, where he wrote more than three dozen cover stories. He covered thirteen World Cups (eight men’s, five women’s).Grant Wahl died in 2022.
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