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Northwest Correspondent, White Cover Magazine
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Seeing as VanCity and British Columbia only account for one major North American league team – the Canucks, of course – it’s not often that international sports superstars roll through our town or our province. And, now that Toronto has surpassed Lotusland as Canada’s chosen city for Hollywood’s international film capital, we’re thinning at the celebrity crown.
Los Angeles, Seattle, San Fran, and San Diego? Psshhhh… they get plenty of attention. Vancouver? None, unless you count The Economist‘s rankings of “Where You Should Be Living If You Had the Kind of Money Our Writers Think They Do”.
On Thursday, David Beckham announced his retirement from the game of soccer. Becks is the only Englishman to win four titles in four different UEFA and MLS country leagues – England, Spain, United States, and France – and he’s as well-known, well-grommed, and well-traveled off the pitch as he is on it.
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Editor, White Cover Magazine
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David Beckham is one of those names, one of those people, who exists so high and far above the world he lives in that it’s hard to imagine a time when he wasn’t here, or wasn’t on a soccer pitch.
Trascendent. That’s the word.
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Why Is David Beckham So Cool?
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Editor, White Cover Magazine
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So, David Beckham is just a real cool dude.
Granted, when he gives a massive, five-month salary to charity, it doesn’t quite alter his everyday life like it would ours. Everything Beckham makes right now is gravy. He can afford to become a full-time employee for Habitat for Humanity.
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Trailer Review: “Playing for Keeps” and Gerard Butler’s a Soccer Dad
Editor, White Cover Magazine
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Soccer coaches, beware. Gerard Butler’s going to make you look like a pussy. An ugly pussy.
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Roger Federer is a master of everything ball. He’s the icon of every Ralph Lauren-donner and everyone who could call themselves a fan of the phenomenon we’ll call Preppy Sports.
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