Now Beckham is in New York to play in the All-Star Game for Major League Soccer, the upstart outfit he joined in 2007 with wildly exaggerated rumors of a quarter-billion-dollar contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy and expectations he would glamorize an underappreciated sport in the United States.
Last year he became the first player to win the MVP award in both the all-star game and the World Series.
Woodson lost his chance to coach the Eastern Conference in the All-Star game Sunday when Miami's victory in Toronto gave Erik Spoelstra the nod.
Without a Ruth, DiMaggio or Mantle among them - no certain Hall of Famers and no one even elected to start in the All-Star game this season - these Yankees posted a .714 winning percentage, the best in the majors since their Murderers' Row club of 1927.
In 1991, the American League defeated the National League, 4-2, in the All-Star Game in Toronto.
The Bucks are now 27-17 all-time in games immediately following the All-Star break.
They still got outrebounded, and the loss prevented Miami from clinching the best record in the East before the All-Star break, which would have given Spoelstra a ticket to Houston to coach the Eastern Conference All-Stars.
Their first line of forwards - Mario Lemieux, Joe Sakic and Paul Kariya - worked well in the recent All-Star game in Los Angeles, but this was not an exhibition match, this was where the quest for gold began.
An inexpensive manufacturer of bicycles that was featured in the All-Star Student Entrepreneur issue of Forbes.
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Gooden, along with fellow Mets greats Darryl Strawberry and John Franco, will play in the All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game on July 14 as part of All-Star festivities at Citi Field.
He was the All-Star game MVP in July and currently has the second highest batting average in all of baseball.
In fact, the 2-time NBA All-Star who was drafted as the third overall pick in 1995 recently moved 5 kids into his house to help educate them.
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Ethier's first big league game as a center fielder was in the 2010 All-Star game, which took place at Angel Stadium.
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Douglas, who took home gold in the individual all-around competition, was the clear star of the group before Tuesday.
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In 24 hours, the All-Star second baseman has gone from warm to scorching.
Despite a history of back trouble, Youkilis was signed to fill in for Rodriguez after the All-Star third baseman had offseason hip surgery.
He was selling that day in SoHo: selling the All-Star Game, selling the MLS, selling the concept of the "Beckham Effect" on the U.S. Soccer.
This weekend, Payton is in Orlando for the NBA All-Star Game.
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In the past five McDonald's All-Star games, only two players from the Hawkeye State made the cut, including 2010 MVP and current Golden State Warriors forward Harrison Barnes.
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They are 21-8 since the All-Star break, third-best in the league.
As well as almost all the original London cast in attendance, Hollywood star Robert De Niro - who is one of the show's producers - will also be making an appearance.
At 2-all in the ninth with a runner on first and two outs, the Mets challenged the All-Star.
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