Word: beckhams
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...reason to go all gooey-eyed over winsome teenage gymnasts, and for Turks it's a celebration of weight lifting. True, a few stars transcend their sports and a regional base. Babe Ruth, Pelé and Michael Jordan did so, and today I'd put David Beckham, Lance Armstrong and Tiger Woods in the same category-but very few others manage that trick...
...year the NBA sent stars and cheerleaders to China in the off-season, while Premier League clubs have got into the habit of raking in big bucks from preseason tours of Asia. Indeed, one reason that Real Madrid was prepared to pay Manchester United $41 million last year for Beckham-a god in Asia-was so that the Spanish club could market itself more aggressively in the Far East...
...know the Zeitgeist is shifting when Nicole Kidman can don a pencil-thin suit from menswear designer du jour Hedi Slimane - or David Beckham can step out in a sarong. "Men are much more receptive to the idea of looking fashionable," says retailer Seper. "There was previously a misunderstanding that if you took an interest in yourself, your masculinity was diminished somehow, whereas now (male grooming) is accepted, in fact it's sought after...
...Setting the Record Straight ? In "A Literary Score," our People item about British soccer player David Beckham, referred to his "famous left foot" [April 19]. Although Beckham's left is certainly well known (he fractured it during a 2002 Manchester United match), it is his right foot that makes him a great player. We also said he penned his memoir, My Side, at age 26. He was 27 when the book was written...
...Beckham had another perk: it landed Nagra a continuing role on ER. (Finally! An Indian doctor on a U.S. hospital show.) But while contestants on The Bachelor go on a Bollywood-theme date this week, few South Asians are on the big or small screen in the U.S. (The Simpsons' Apu doesn't count...