David Beckham

End It Like Beckham: L.A. Galaxy Won the Championship, But Is Major League Soccer a Retirement League?

Is Major League Soccer the league where great players go to retire? That's the question that arose Saturday afternoon before the league final between the L.A. Galaxy and Houston Dynamo, a rematch of last year's final. The Galaxy beat its opponents 3-1 for its first back-to-back Cup win in its histor ... More >>

AEG's Asking Price Is $10 Billion?

The L.A. company that wants to build a stadium downtown is selling out. And if this report is true, it wants $10 billion for the whole shebang. Anschutz Entertainment Group, the locally based conglomerate owned by Denver rich guy Phil Anshutz, runs Staples Center, LA Live and the Nokia Theater, ow ... More >>

AEG, L.A. Parent of Coachella, Staples Center, For Sale

Updated at the bottom: AEG confirms that it's looking to sell. L.A. based Anschutz Entertainment Group, the downtown powerhouse behind Staples Center, LA Live, the proposed Farmers Field football stadium, and the world's second-largest concert promoter, Live Nation, might be for sale. Several outl ... More >>

Eats at the London 2012 Olympics

LONDON -- Game on for eating well during the Olympics, which begins today, July 27, and run through August 12. Already one of the best dining cities in the world, London has been spiffed mightily up for the Olympic games. Billions have been spent on new athletic venues; streets have been reconfigur ... More >>

L.A. Galaxy Has David Beckham. Chivas USA Has Rabid Fans. Who Will Win the Battle of L.A.?

See also: Don't Call Them Hooligans: Meet Ultras, L.A.'s Major League Soccer Superfans Ten minutes into the second half at Home Depot Center on this Saturday night, the P.A. booms "¡Arriba las Chivas!" so loud the ushers flinch. The grito over the loudspeakers whips up the sold-out house of 18,800 ... More >>

Top 10 Bars With the Hottest Women in L.A.

Quantifying the best of anything is a dicey endeavor. Whether it be dive bars or gay bars or strip clubs, the best places for you will of course depend on your taste. (Many of these lists will be available via the Weekly's new "best of" mobile app, by the way). When we wrote about the "10 Bars Most ... More >>

Study: Men w/ Deep Voices Don't Have Higher Sperm Counts. (Hooray?)

Evolutionary biologist Leigh Simmons at the University of Western Australia has squashed everything we thought we knew about manliness with a recent study that revealed men with deep, sexy voices tend to have lower sperm counts. WHAT?! I don't know about you man-lovers out there, but a baritone bo ... More >>

5 Artsy Things to Do This Week: From MOCA's Controversial Gala to Christmas in Chinatown

Courtesy Cirrus GalleryDoug Edge's Pure Air Hope Chest, made of cast resin in 1971​ Like summer group shows, holiday group shows are hit-and-miss. But two good ones are up right now, one in Inglewood and one downtown, and both mix barely heard-of artists with those who have been around. 5. M ... More >>

David Beckham Was Allegedly Speeding, Making Unsafe Lane Changes Before Slamming Into Car on 405: He Wasn't Cited

Beckham.​Update: The CHP responds, at the bottom. The big question is, did David Beckham get special treatment from the California Highway Patrol after he rear ended a disabled vehicle in the carpool lane of the 405 freeway May 6? Recordings of 911 calls to the CHP that day -- obtained by TM ... More >>

Dan Schuette: Riot Squad's Bawdy "Shooter"

William and Kate, Royal Couple, Plan Visit to Hollywood This Summer

New York PostWills and Kate to do L.A.?​It's official! Updated after the jump with the royal couple's dates of stay. Paparazzi alert! Y'all can take a break from heckling Paris Hilton and her belligerent stalkers for a couple days this summer, because brand-spankin'-new royal couple Prince Wi ... More >>

Punk Singer Steve Ignorant (Finally) Brings Crass to America: Interview

photo by Damon Allen DavisonSteve Ignorant and band​ Crass, the commune-living, hippie anarchist punks whose DIY way of recording and promoting had as much an impact on the genre as their brand of boot-in-your face hardcore, disbanded more than 25 years ago, having never toured the U.S. beyond ... More >>

"I Told You to Stop Talking about Your Mom": Wonderfully Strange Practice Conversations for ESL Students

​ Each Monday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets around Los Angeles. 3030 English Author:Ji-wan Kim Date: 2008 Publisher: Gimm-Young, Korea Discovered at: Goodwill, 11726 ... More >>

David Beckham's Customized Porsche For Sale In L.A.

Chequered FlagDavid Beckham's onetime ride.​For sale: One very hot Porsche Turbo Cabriolet ... with hooker stains. We kid! Don't hit us David Beckham. But seriously, stains or not, this matte black 2008 rear-engined marvel with custom number "23" accents -- the player's L.A. Galaxy digits -- ... More >>

(Video) David Beckham Gets Bent Out Of Shape When Los Angeles Galaxy Fan Tells Him To 'Stop With The Prostitutes'

David Beckham.​Sometime Los Angeles resident David Beckham got a little bent out of shape over a fan's comments at an L.A. Galaxy game over the weekend after a man yelled that the soccer star should "stop with the prostitutes." What prostitutes, you ask? Beckham on Friday filed suit against I ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- Silver Lake's wild yeast man, breadmaker Mark Stambler. [Eating L.A.] -- So much for David Beckham and Gordon Ramsay opening a pub in L.A. Hey, what's Diego Maradona up to these days? [Grub Street] -- Mooi in Echo Park to host Community Supported Agriculture on Tuesdays. [Daily Dish] -- Are ... More >>

Star Wars Cantina Scene, Now With More Daft Punk, Snoop, etc.

(Via Pitchfork) Three huge brands, one MASSIVE marketing exercise: The Soccer World Cup. Adidas. Star Wars. If that wasn't enough, Daft Punk, Snoop, Noel Gallagher, Ciara, David Beckham, Ian Brown and others are edited into this.

David Beckham's Personal World Cup: Pot Noodles

David Beckham, the English soccer star, LA Galaxy midfielder and friend of Gordon Ramsay, may not be playing in next month's highly anticipated FIFA World Cup -- he ruptured his achilles in March -- but he'll be honored with a cup of his very own on the occasion. A cup of noodles, actually. Britis ... More >>

British Men Spending More Time in the Kitchen: Thanks to Gordon Ramsay?

The list of things for which we have to thank Gordon Ramsay is long. Profanity in the kitchen, David Beckham at restaurant openings, and of course, the recurrent spectacle of Hell's Kitchen. Now, according to a new report out from researchers at Oxford University, the British chef can take credit fo ... More >>

Boos Hound: David Beckham Ejected from Game

David Beckham gets boos the old-fashioned way -- he earns them. While some local L.A. Galaxy fans may go overboard in their heckling of the star midfielder for wanting to get out of his L.A. contract and play for AC Milan, Saturday Beckham gave everyone cause for alarm when he applied a dangerous, " ... More >>

This Unsporting Life: David Beckham's Plummeting Popularity

Wikipedia​The decline and fall of David Beckham, soccer superstar, can be glimpsed in the recent headlines below. The British midfielder's popularity began falling last spring when Beckham scuttled his contract with the L.A. Galaxy so that he could return to European team play. Los Angeles fans tu ... More >>

David Beckham Clashes With Another Fan

ITN​ They're at it again: The prickly L.A. Galaxy superstar and the public who have turned on him. After getting fined $1,000 by Major League Soccer Friday for engaging in a July 19 verbal confrontation with an angry Galaxy fan (since banned for life from the Home Depot Center stadium), David Beck ... More >>

David Beckham Fined $1,000 for Fan Fracas

According to Reuters, Major League Soccer announced today it has fined L.A. Galaxy star David Beckham $1,000 for his role in a verbal confrontation between himself and angry team fans. Last Sunday, in an international "friendly" game with AC Milan, fans belonging to the Riot Squad support group heck ... More >>

Heckler Banned for Life After Beckham Confrontation

USA Today reports that the man who confronted L.A. Galaxy star David Beckham during a soccer match with AC Milan last Sunday has been red-carded for life. The row began during halftime at Carson's Home Depot Center when a shouting match escalated between Beckham and an angry fan described by the New ... More >>

Beckham Booed in Home Game

L.A. Galaxy fans got to see two sellouts Sunday -- the exhibition soccer match against ACCaleb Williams/WikipediaDavid Beckham Milan they attended and the first home appearance of superstar David Beckham since he negotiated his way out of his Galaxy contract to play with the very same AC Milan. A ca ... More >>

Simon Pegg: No Thanks, L.A.

Zombie killer PeggSounds like resident Brit David Beckham will not be replaced in town any time soon by geeky, zombie-obsessed comic actor Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz). Pegg, in an interview with the U.K.'s Zoo Magazine, said there was no way he'd relocate to Los Angeles, even after work ... More >>

Beckham Almost Gone

The L.A. Times says L.A. Galaxy midfielder David Beckham has reach a deal with his current team, the Galaxy, and A.C. Milan, for which he is currently on loan. Under the arrangement, Beckham will continue to play for the Italian club through its season, which ends May 31. Then he will return here an ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Sheriff Lowered Bar to Raise Ranks The L.A. County Sheriff's Department loosened hiring practices in order to meet recruiting goals, charges a report by the Office of Independent Review. L.A. TimesWorkers Protest Postal Ax About four dozen union postal workers rallied outside the Industry Processing ... More >>

Villaraigosa Hits the Campaign Trail...Again

It's amazing what can happen in a year. Around this time last summer, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa admitted to an extra-marital affair, political allies distanced themselves from the East LA Golden Boy, and talk about the mayor becoming the next governor of California completely and utterly ceased...a ... More >>

Queer Town: Gay Marriage and the Religion Card

By the end of last week, the gays got married...even in San Diego County. But things turned a little weird for San Diego County Clerk Greg Smith, who was confronted with at least 14 employees who said same sex weddings and their religious beliefs did not mix. It was the first time gay marriage oppon ... More >>

Grammy Kisses

Pre-awards parties; star spotting; survival of the hippest

9 L.A. Flashpoints

Movie Reviews: 30 Days of Night, Canvas, Futbaal

Also Golda's Balcony, The Price of Sugar, Things We Lost in the Fire and more

That's Wack

California’s legislature approves 1,000 new laws annually. Insert laugh track here

Ernest Fleischmann

Scouting Gustavo

The Ultimate Product Placement

Phil Anschutz takes a huge hit if Beckham tanks as L.A.’s soccer megastar. He’s not worried

Get Real

The Scissor Misters

The American Nightmare

Will we be eclipsed by the European Union?

Men Without Pants

Brave Newsom World

Gay Marriage Mania

Letters

Bend Over

Who is David Beckham, and why should I care?

It's Over!

The World Cup's Hollywood ending

Heading Toward 2006

American soccer’s future. Plus, the final: Germany vs. Brazil

American Fútbol!

The Weird Cup, week 3

Extreme Games

This is shaping up to be the strangest, most exciting, least predictable World Cup in decades

Games Without Frontiers

The World Cup, week one

Patriot Games

World Cup ’98

A fan’s notes (week 4)