Salon.com > athlete http://www.salon.com Mon, 20 May 2013 02:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 David Beckham retiring from soccer http://www.salon.com/2013/05/16/david_beckham_retiring_from_soccer/ http://www.salon.com/2013/05/16/david_beckham_retiring_from_soccer/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 15:41:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13300479 David Beckham, one of the most venerated soccer players in the world, is retiring from professional sports at the end of this season. The BBC reports that Beckham will play his last game with Paris St-Germain on May 26.

From the BBC:

Including PSG's recent Ligue 1 title win, Beckham has won 19 trophies - 10 of them league titles - in a playing career spanning 20 years, and is the only English player to win championships in four countries.

"If you had told me as a young boy I would have played for and won trophies with my boyhood club Manchester United, proudly captained and played for my country over 100 times and lined up for some of the biggest clubs in the world, I would have told you it was a fantasy," he said.

"I'm fortunate to have realised those dreams."

Beckham signed his current contract with PSG in January, but donated all of his salary to charity.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/05/16/david_beckham_retiring_from_soccer/feed/ 1 Former track Olympian found to be leading double life as an escort http://www.salon.com/2012/12/21/former_track_olympian_found_to_be_leading_double_life_as_an_escort/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/21/former_track_olympian_found_to_be_leading_double_life_as_an_escort/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:40:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13151980 With endorsements from Nike, Reebok and Clairol, three-time U.S. Olympian Suzy Favor-Hamilton was a household name in the early 2000s, considered to be the top female runner in the U.S. at the time. Now, The Smoking Gun has uncovered that most decorated female athlete in NCAA track and field history has been leading a double life as a high-priced call girl since December of last year.

Favor-Hamilton, 44, had been working for the illegal Haley Heston’s Private Collection operation under the alias "Kelly Lundy," in various cities across the U.S., including Las Vegas, Chicago and Los Angeles, while simultaneously running a real estate brokerage in Madison, Wis. with her college-sweetheart-turned husband and their 7 year-old daughter. Favor-Hamilton, who also delivers motivational speeches and does promotional work for Disney, described her call-girl life as an "exciting" break from her routine.

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