- Big name soccer retirements continued late last week as David Beckham announced that he’s going to retire after this season playing with Paris Saint-Germain. “Becks” has played for the biggest teams in 4 different countries. Starting his career playing more than 250 games for Manchester United, moving to play another 116 for Real Madrid, almost 100 with the LA Galaxy, also playing 29 games for AC Milan, and finishing his career with a handful of games for PSG.
- Beckham, while not the most talented player of his generation, is arguably the biggest name in America – Ronaldo doesn’t have a movie named after him with Keira Knightly in it! Beckham was also a fixture on the English national team setting a record for most games played on the national team by a non-goaltender. He was the captain for the national team for six years.
- Beckham has been a prolific winner winning 6 Premier League titles with ManU, a La Liga championship with Real Madrid, and 2 MLS championships with the LA Galaxy. Arguably his biggest win though, was marrying Victoria Adams (better known as Posh Spice) with whom he has four children. Additionally, Beckham had a clause in his MLS contract that allows him to buy an MLS expansion team, which he has claimed he will exercise, so we should expect to see more of Beckham in our near future.
NBA Conference Finals beginning
- The "Final Four" of the NBA Playoffs have begun with the Memphis Grizzlies taking on the San Antonio Spurs in the West and the Miami Heat taking on the Indiana Pacers in the East. The Grizzlies are playing in the franchise's first ever conference finals against a team that has practically lived there for the past fifteen years. It showed yesterday as the Grizzlies were blown out 105-83. Even with the stingiest defense in the NBA (only one team was even remotely close to them) and defensive player of the year in Marc Gasol, the Spurs seemed to score at will. Game 2 will be on Tuesday night.
- The other semifinal pits the NBA's heavy favorite to repeat as champions, the Miami Heat, against the Indiana Pacers, another team with a blistering defense (they were #2 behind Memphis and well in front of the #3 team). The Pacers don't have a proven, clutch superstar like Reggie Miller anymore but they do have a well-balanced team with multiple strong spots, the strongest of which is emerging star Paul George. The Miami Heat, on the other hand, have Dwayne Wade, who has 2 NBA Titles and is one of the best at his position. They have Chris Bosh, who while inconsistent, has shown flashes of being one of the best power forwards in the game at times. And last but not least they, of course, have Lebron James who just won his 4th MVP in 5 years this season. The Pacers defense is ridiculous but they'll have a tough task even for them in slowing down the Heat.
- The Pacers are actually 2-1 against the Heat this season. Game 1 is tonight.
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