GAUGING BECKS' APPEAL.Byline: TOM HOFFARTH So as we're kickin' around this David Beckham  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. transfer to the local pro kickball kick·ball n. A children's game having rules similar to baseball but played with a large ball that is rolled toward homeplate instead of pitched and kicked instead of batted. team -- deciding whether it's much Adu about nothing, or, in the name of Beckenbauer, Cruyff, Pele and Sir Elton John Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March, 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. , if it finally legitimizes what we were to infer was an illegitimate small-fry league -- and in trying to put it into some kind of context, would you say it's most accurate to compare it to when the Dodgers wrangled Frank Robinson This article is about the baseball player and manager. For the Nottingham busker, see Frank Robinson (Xylophone Man). Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas), is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball player. , or when the Angels picked up Fernando Valenzuela? When the Lakers brought in Bob McAdoo, or the Clippers dealt for Dominique Wilkins? When the Kings grabbed Jari Kurri, or Mary Carey ran for state governor? When the Galaxy landed Landon Donovan? Or when it inked former ``Melrose Place'' swooner Andrew Shue? When George Best left the Aztecs and started his own bar? When World Team Tennis discovered the star power of Anna Kournikova? Michelle Wie breaking into the PGA Tour? A ``Wham!'' reunion tour? The first or second ``Austin Powers'' movies? When ``Bewitched'' switched from Dick York to Dick Sargent? If Nomar and Mia aren't part of the new Galaxy season ticket-holder base, why would we be? Does this mean the Galaxy isn't going ahead with its $4all-you-can-eat ticket in the upper deck? If Becks' appeal to the kids is genuine, shouldn't he be taking up Quidditch? And not to get too inside, but when will Pat O'Brien become a soccer insider? Will this inspire Brett Favre to wanna play for the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe? Is that dragnet Dragnet radio show in which justice is always served. [Radio: Buxton, 73] See : Crime Fighting that USC's athletic department is trying to throw over coach Pete Carroll really Dolphin-safe? Is 3 1/2 a fair over-under for Dwayne Jarrett's shelf life in the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga ? You know that's games, not years, right? Who's gonna stop Steve Sarkisian from going over to the Dark Side of Alpha-Dog AlDavis' puppet regime? How is it that divin' diva Sean Avery has managed to continue to be the Kings' focal point focal point n. See focus. of all bad things, as evidenced by Scott Thornton's broken wrist? If it's true that Tony Gwynn has new ideas about coming out of retirement to play right field for the Dodgers, does it have anything to do with an open snack bar between innings? Does the Clippers' recent free-fall coincide with the fact all the players -- including their coach -- have their long-term contracts sewn up and they're just sponging off last year's temporary success? Has Mark McGwire lost his juice? By sorta owning up to taking amphetamines Amphetamines Sympathomimetic amines; sometimes called speed; synthetic chemicals that stimulate the central nervous system. Mentioned in: Weight Loss Drugs amphetamines , is this just Barry Bonds' personal way of speeding up George Mitchell's steroid investigation? thomas.hoffarth@dailynews.com (818) 713-3661 |
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