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		<title>The Tiger Woods-Sergio Garcia Spat Takes A Racist Turn</title>
		<link>http://keepingscore.blogs.time.com/2013/05/22/tiger-woods-sergio-garcia-spat-takes-a-racist-turn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Gregory</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When two golfers trade barbs off the course, it doesn&#8217;t exactly scream &#8220;raw athletic intensity.&#8221; So it&#8217;s been easy to ignore the Tiger Woods-Sergio Garcia &#8220;feud&#8221; that has &#8220;exploded&#8221; these last few weeks. Until now. Garcia&#8217;s latest salvo took a racist turn. At a European Tour awards dinner on Tuesday night, Steve Sands of The Golf Channel asked Garcia, in jest, if he would have Woods over for dinner during the U.S. Open. &#8220;We will have him round every night,&#8221; Garcia said. &#8220;We will serve fried chicken.&#8221; Ugh. Garcia&#8217;s words echoed Fuzzy Zoeller&#8217;s infamous comments about Woods in 1997, which also played on tired racial stereotypes about African-Americans. While Woods, then 21, was crushing the Augusta field that year, Zoeller made reference to a Master&#8217;s tradition: the previous year&#8217;s winner choosing the menu at the annual Champions dinner. &#8220;You pat him on the back and say congratulations and enjoy it and tell him not serve fried chicken next year,&#8221; Zoeller said. &#8220;Got it? Or collard greens or whatever the hell they serve.&#8221; (MORE: Watch Sergio Garcia Hit One-Handed Backward Shot From Tee) Zoeller later apologized, and so did Garcia. Through a statement issued by the European Tour, Garcia said, &#8220;I apologize for any offense that may have been caused by my comment on stage during The European Tour Players&#8217; Awards dinner. I answered a question that was clearly made towards me as a joke with a silly remark, but in no way was the comment meant in a racist manner.&#8221; This whole thing started at the Players Championship almost two weeks ago. During the third round, Garcia and Woods were paired up. On the second hole, Garcia said Woods pulled out a club during Garcia&#8217;s backswing, causing the crowd to make noise and distract him. Woods insisted that a marshal said that Garcia already hit, though a marshal later denied this to Sports Illustrated. &#8221;He&#8217;s not my favorite guy to play with, he&#8217;s not the nicest guy on tour,&#8221; Garcia told ESPN after the round. &#8221;We don&#8217;t enjoy each other&#8217;s company. You<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keepingscore.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=33268979&#038;post=2346391&#038;subd=timekeepingscore&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The 50th Super Bowl Goes to San Francisco Bay Area</title>
		<link>http://keepingscore.blogs.time.com/2013/05/21/the-50th-super-bowl-goes-to-san-francisco-bay-area/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP / Barry Wilner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(BOSTON) — The 50th Super Bowl will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area. NFL owners voted Tuesday for the 49ers&#8217; new stadium as host of the 2016 game. That facility in Santa Clara, Calif., is due to open for the 2014 season. San Francisco beat out South Florida, which was stymied in its bid to stage an 11th Super Bowl when the Florida Legislature did not support financing to renovate Sun Life Stadium. The 2017 Super Bowl will be held in Houston, which also beat out Miami for that game. (MORE: Super Bowl Tech Ads: Survivors and Tragedies Over the Years) The only previous Super Bowl played in northern California was at Stanford Stadium in 1985. Houston hosted the 2004 NFL championship game. When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced the decision, members of the San Francisco bid committee let out a roar of approval, then toasted each other with champagne. It was the first time in a decade that a Super Bowl was awarded on the first ballot. &#8220;The Bay Area has been waiting for a (title) game since 1985. We have a stadium now &#8230; we are just thrilled and couldn&#8217;t be happier about this,&#8221; said Daniel Lurie, a leader of the San Francisco bid. &#8220;We are going to get to highlight the best the Bay Area has to offer.&#8221; The Dolphins were denied public money for a stadium upgrade in South Florida following widespread complaints about the public investment sunk into the Marlins&#8217; new baseball home. Multibillionaire Dolphins owner Stephen Ross contends $350 million in stadium improvements are badly needed, but he doesn&#8217;t want to pay for them by himself. Nor does he want a scaled-down renovation of the 26-year-old facility. Miami has hosted 10 Super Bowls, tied with New Orleans for the most. But neither will get the 50th. For years, it was thought the NFL would seek to stage the 50th Super Bowl in Los Angeles, where the first one was played (but did not sell out) on Jan. 15, 1967. But with no franchise<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keepingscore.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=33268979&#038;post=2346382&#038;subd=timekeepingscore&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NBA Playoffs: Why Are The Small Markets Winning?</title>
		<link>http://keepingscore.blogs.time.com/2013/05/21/nba-playoffs-why-are-the-small-markets-winning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Gregory</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you psyched about a Pacers-Grizzlies NBA Finals? Unless you&#8217;re from Indianapolis of Memphis, probably not. In truth, this matchup probably won&#8217;t happen, given that Indiana is trying to knock off LeBron James and the Miami Heat, who have looked unbeatable all season, and San Antonio has the Tim Duncan-Tony Parker-Manu Ginobili triumvirate, along with younger legs (Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard) that it has lacked in recent years. San Antonio also crushed Memphis, 105-83, in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals; Game 2 is Tuesday. The Eastern conference finals start Wednesday, in Miami. We could care less that these towns are &#8220;small-markets.&#8221; Memphis has the fewest TV homes in the NBA, and Indianapolis ranks 21st out of 28 in NBA market size. Rather, a lack of marquee names hurts them. More than any other sport, basketball is a star-driven enterprise. A great player can take over a game in all kinds of wild, wonderful ways that, say, a baseball player who hits once every nine at-bats cannot. Basketball players are visible, larger than life, and not covered by helmets or pants. As viewers, we get a courtside seat to their exploits. Indiana is a nice young team, with the Georges &#8212; Paul George, George Hill &#8212; mercurial guard Lance Stephenson, who had a breakout game &#8212; 25 points, 10 rebounds &#8212; in Saturday night&#8217;s Game 6 clincher against the New York Knicks, and the 7&#8217;2&#8243; Roy Hibbert coming into this own. But Indiana is the first conference finals team since 1994 not to feature a player who was a Top 5 draft pick. (MORE: Will Jason Collins Get An NBA Shot Next Year?) Memphis has one such player &#8212; speedy point guard Mike Conley, taken with the fourth pick of the 2007 draft. Forward Zach Randolph and Center Marc Gasol are a skilled one-two punch in the frontcourt. The Grizzlies are a fun team to watch. But the Spurs deserve at least shot at Miami. Tim Duncan has won four titles; Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, three each. San<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keepingscore.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=33268979&#038;post=2346371&#038;subd=timekeepingscore&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-NFL Player Chad Johnson Arrested on Probation Violation</title>
		<link>http://keepingscore.blogs.time.com/2013/05/20/ex-nfl-wr-johnson-arrested-on-probation-violation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) — Former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson has been arrested on charges that he violated probation stemming from an altercation with his now ex-wife, TV reality star Evelyn Lozada. A Broward County judge ordered Johnson jailed Monday until he posts a $1,000 bond. Another hearing was set for June 3. An arrest warrant was issued earlier this month when Johnson failed to meet his probation officer. The six-time Pro Bowl player formerly known as Chad Ochocinco is serving a year of probation after Lozada said he head-butted her during an argument last August. She quickly filed for divorce. They had been married only since July 4. Johnson was released by the Miami Dolphins after the incident. He also played for the Cincinnati Bengals and New England Patriots. Lozada is on the &#8220;Basketball Wives&#8221; TV show. MORE: Chad Ochocinco is Ochocinco No More<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keepingscore.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=33268979&#038;post=2346368&#038;subd=timekeepingscore&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Brittney Griner Kept Her Sexuality Quiet</title>
		<link>http://keepingscore.blogs.time.com/2013/05/20/why-brittney-griner-kept-her-sexuality-quiet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Gregory</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brittney Griner, the former Baylor University basketball star who now plays for the WNBA&#8217;s Phoenix Mercury, has been open about her sexuality around friends and family since her freshman year of high school. But in an interview with ESPN The Magazine and espnW, Griner says her coaches asked her not to come out publicly during her college playing career. &#8220;It was a recruiting thing,&#8221; said Griner, who told Sports Illustrated in an interview last month that she was gay. &#8220;The coaches thought that if it seemed like they condoned it, people wouldn&#8217;t let their kids come play for Baylor.&#8221; &#8220;It was more of an unwritten law [to not discuss your sexuality] &#8230; it was kind of, like, one of those things, you know, just don&#8217;t do it,&#8221; Griner told ESPN. &#8220;They tried to make it, like, &#8216;why put your business out on the street like that?&#8217;&#8221; (When asked to comment on Griner&#8217;s remarks, Baylor coach Kim Mulkey told ESPN, in a statement: &#8220;Brittney Griner represented Baylor University proudly on and off the basketball court, and she leaves behind an incredible legacy. I cannot comment on personal matters surrounding any of our student-athletes, but I can tell you Brittney will always be a celebrated member of the Baylor family.&#8221;) (MORE: Can A Woman Play In The NBA?) That the Baylor coaching staff would ask Griner to keep quiet isn&#8217;t surprising. For starters, ESPN notes that Baylor&#8217;s Student Policies and Procedures includes a &#8220;Statement on Human Sexuality.&#8221; It reads: Baylor University welcomes all students into a safe and supportive environment in which to discuss and learn about a variety of issues, including those of human sexuality. The University affirms the biblical understanding of sexuality as a gift from God. Christian churches across the ages and around the world have affirmed purity in singleness and fidelity in marriage between a man and a woman as the biblical norm. Temptations to deviate from this norm include both heterosexual sex outside of marriage and homosexual behavior. It is thus expected that Baylor students will not<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keepingscore.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=33268979&#038;post=2346360&#038;subd=timekeepingscore&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ferguson’s Managerial Career Ends with 5–5 Draw</title>
		<link>http://keepingscore.blogs.time.com/2013/05/19/fergusons-managerial-career-ends-with-5-5-draw/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 18:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP / Rob Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(WEST BROMWICH, England) — After 1,500 matches in charge of Manchester United, Alex Ferguson was denied a final victory Sunday to cap the most successful managerial career in British football history. But there was one final landmark for the 71-year-old Scot at West Bromwich Albion — the first 5-5 draw in the Premier League. The official retirement party was last week at home when 76,000 fans at Old Trafford saluted Ferguson and the 13th and last of the record 20 English league titles he delivered for United. Referee Michael Oliver blew the whistle on United&#8217;s season finale — and the last match of Ferguson&#8217;s career — at the Hawthorns in central England. From now on, the defensive fragilities on display Sunday are incoming manager David Moyes&#8217; problem. Oliver hadn&#8217;t even celebrated his second birthday when Ferguson took charge of United in 1986. (PHOTOS: The Career of Alex Ferguson) After the match, Ferguson went over to bow to the United fans who had backed him as he waited until 1990 to win the first of 38 trophies for the club. United threw away a 4-2 lead to be pegged back to 5-5, and it seemed like fate that Ferguson would witness his team conjuring another memorable goal in stoppage-time goal. There would be no &#8220;Fergie Time&#8221; goal, however. &#8220;What a mad result!&#8221; United defender Rio Ferdinand said on Twitter. &#8220;Lets be honest the boss was never going out with a boring 0-0!!&#8221; Ferguson signaled he&#8217;s ready for a quieter life by placidly watching his players rip West Brom apart and then showed none of the usual anger at their capitulation. But the scorers on this day will be long forgotten — it was all about the manager in the opposition dugout. Now the former manager. He arrived at the ground to see scarves featuring his name being sold next to the entrance and witnessed banners including the affectionate &#8220;Thank you dinosaur&#8221; inside. Before kickoff, the West Brom players first formed a guard of honor for the champions and then were joined by<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keepingscore.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=33268979&#038;post=2346358&#038;subd=timekeepingscore&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Triple Crown: Oxbow Upsets Orb at Preakness</title>
		<link>http://keepingscore.blogs.time.com/2013/05/18/oxbow-upsets-orb-in-preakness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP / Richard Rosenblatt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(BALTIMORE) — A pair of not so over-the-hill Hall of Famers pulled off a huge upset in the Preakness and ended any hopes of a Triple Crown attempt at the Belmont Stakes. Thanks to Oxbow&#8217;s wire-to-wire win Saturday over Kentucky Derby winner Orb, trainer D. Wayne Lukas and jockey Gary Stevens have themselves another classic to add to their stellar resumes. &#8220;I get paid to spoil dreams,&#8221; the 77-year-old Lukas said after his record 14th win in a Triple Crown race. &#8220;Unfortunately we go over here and you can&#8217;t mail &#8216;em in. It&#8217;s a different surface and a different time. You gotta line &#8216;em up and win &#8216;em.&#8221; Stevens ended his retirement in January, and won his third Preakness to go along with three victories in the Derby and three in the Belmont. &#8220;At 50 years old, after seven years retirement, it doesn&#8217;t get any better than this,&#8221; Stevens said. &#8220;This is super, super sweet and it happened for the right guy. All the stars were aligned. It&#8217;s even more special winning it for Wayne Lukas and his team.&#8221; (PHOTOS: The 139th Kentucky Derby, In Pictures) Lukas put Stevens on his first Triple Crown race winner when the rider guided the filly Winning Colors to victory in the 1988 Derby. &#8220;He supported me,&#8221; Stevens said. &#8220;A lot of people were trying to get me off. He was the first guy to call me up and said &#8216;I&#8217;m going to have a colt for you. His name is Oxbow.&#8221; Orb was unable to find his rhythm after breaking slowly from the rail, and never challenged in finishing fourth. &#8220;After we passed the half mile, he had a hard time keeping up and I kind of worried a little bit,&#8221; Orb&#8217;s jockey Joel Rosario said. &#8220;He just kind of steadied after that. He usually takes you there. He always runs hard, but today he never took off.&#8221; Orb&#8217;s loss extends the Triple Crown drought to 36 years since Affirmed became the 11th horse to sweep the races in 1978. There had been great anticipation<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keepingscore.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=33268979&#038;post=2346351&#038;subd=timekeepingscore&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fergie’s Farewell and the Race for the Champions League: The English Premier League Draws to a Close</title>
		<link>http://keepingscore.blogs.time.com/2013/05/17/fergies-farewell-and-the-race-for-the-champions-league-the-english-premier-league-draws-to-a-close/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 06:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glen Levy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The story goes that no sooner had Manchester United lost their English Premier League title to local rivals Manchester City in dramatic circumstances at the end of the 2011/12 season, United manager Sir Alex Ferguson had a plan. Quite simply, he knew that relinquishing control of a league his charges had won 12 times since the inception of the EPL in 1992, because of an inferior goal differance (both teams had 89 points) could be rectified by signing a striker. And even though Ferguson didn&#8217;t often bring in players approaching their thirties, or in their thirties, a bid of £24 million ($36.5 million) for Arsenal&#8217;s 29-year-old Robin van Persie (who only had a year left on his contract, meaning he could soon leave for nothing) was more than enough to tempt the London club into selling arguably their most important player. Manchester City&#8217;s manager, Roberto Mancini, was also keen on signing the Dutchman but it wasn&#8217;t to be. As it turns out, that failure might have cost Mancini his job. United&#8217;s new signing, also known as RVP, justified Ferguson&#8217;s faith by scoring 25 goals as United eased to their 13th EPL title, and 20th triumph in the top flight in total. This is probably not Ferguson&#8217;s best United side since he started to win the league on a regular basis in 1992/93, but United were still too good for everyone else. Heading into their 38th and final league match of the season this Sunday at West Bromwich Albion, United have only lost five games. City only lost five times as well but have five fewer wins and a home defeat to United last December was pivotal: had they won, the teams would have been level on points but United&#8217;s last-minute winner in a thrilling 3-2 win opened up a six-point gap and they wouldn&#8217;t be denied. Who scored the winner that day? A certain RVP. (MORE: Is Fan Misbehavior During &#8220;Derby&#8221; Rivalries Poisioning the Beautiful Game?) And it was around this time that Ferguson, who has been in charge at<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keepingscore.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=33268979&#038;post=2346243&#038;subd=timekeepingscore&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What David Beckham Meant To Soccer, And The World</title>
		<link>http://keepingscore.blogs.time.com/2013/05/16/what-david-beckham-meant-to-soccer-and-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Saporito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Beckham may be the only athlete who can add glamour to Paris. But after helping to deliver recognition, and the French championship, to Paris St. Germain, soccer&#8216;s most famous global brand is hanging up his boots. They are not leather boots, because Becks doesn’t do leather. But they are well-traveled and brimming with medals. From Manchester United to Real Madrid to the Los Angeles Galaxy and A.C. Milan before landing finally in Paris, the 38-year old sprinkled his football fairy dust everywhere. He earned league titles at Man U, Real, the Galaxy and PSG.  His haul includes FA Cup and Champions League glory. He played 115 times for England, the most by any outfield player, singlehandedly getting that nation into—and out of, famously—the World Cup.  In a statement Beckham said: &#8220;I&#8217;m thankful to PSG for giving me the opportunity to continue but I feel now is the right time to finish my career, playing at the highest level.&#8221; I can remember Beckham’s first game in New York in 2007 after he joined the Galaxy. The game was at Giants Stadium, where the Red Bulls typically drew 12,000 to 15,000 fans. Becks nearly filled the joint, attracting 66,237 fans, a record, and played superbly in a 5-4 LA loss. But the MLS was the big winner. His signing by MLS Commissioner Don Garber and now-Arsenal CEO Ivan Gazidis gave the league the kind of caché it sorely needed. And even though Beckham’s management team made a complete mess of his first year in LA, he would deliver to LA and the MLS everything they wanted: global recognition and an endorsement that the league could accommodate world class players. The value of MLS franchises is increasing rapidly, and more top-shelf players are arriving every year, and Beckham deserves some of that credit. (MORE: David Beckham&#8217;s Greatest Bends &#8212; Soccer Icon&#8217;s Five Best Free Kicks) Beckham’s star power, his brand equity, his style leadership, exceeded his playing ability.  His string of deals with the likes of adidas, Sainsbury’s, Samsung, Pepsi, Gillette, H&#38;M and others made him wealthy beyond<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keepingscore.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=33268979&#038;post=2346329&#038;subd=timekeepingscore&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>David Beckham’s Greatest Bends: Soccer Icon’s Top Five Free Kicks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glen Levy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Beckham&#8217;s greatest soccer achievement: his uncanny ability to score on a free kick. Here&#8217;s our list of Beckham&#8217;s five finest free kicks; in honor of the 38-year-old&#8217;s retirement, let&#8217;s Bend It Like Beckham one more time. (MORE: David Beckham Announces His Retirement) 1. England 2-2 Greece, October 6, 2001 Entering the final minute of the World Cup qualifier, England needed to score to have a chance at making the 2002 World Cup. In possibly his best game ever for England, Beckham&#8217;s dramatic, last-gasp equalizer at his then-home ground of Old Trafford, in Manchester, was surely one of the greatest moments of his illustrious career. 2. England 2-0 Colombia, June 26, 1998 Beckham&#8217;s first goal for England was a free kick, which seems pretty apt. A hot night during the World Cup in France got even steamier thanks to the midfielder&#8217;s perfect placement and ever so cheeky celebration which followed. 3. Man Utd 3-3 Barcelona, September 16, 1998 Later that year, Beckham scored another sumptuous set-piece, this time for his club side Manchester United, against Barcelona, in a thrilling 3-3 tie during the group phase of the Champions League. By now, Becks was making a difficult skill look so simple (goal at 47 seconds into this clip). 4. Man Utd 4-3 Real Madrid, April 23, 2003 A few months before Beckham was transferred to the Spanish giants Real Madrid, he almost single-handedly knocked them out of the 2003 Champions League. While Manchester United were eventually eliminated 6-5 on aggregate (the teams played twice, at each other&#8217;s stadiums), substitute Becks came off the bench and scored twice, including a free kick he reportedly considered as &#8220;my best free-kick ever in a Man United shirt.&#8221; 5. Marseille 1-2 Real Madrid, November 23, 2003 And wouldn&#8217;t you know it: Beckham&#8217;s first European goal for Real Madrid was a trademark free kick. Considering the set-piece ability of his Galácticos teammates, Becks didn&#8217;t take all the free kicks for Madrid. But when he did, it wasn&#8217;t a surprise if he scored.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keepingscore.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=33268979&#038;post=2346309&#038;subd=timekeepingscore&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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