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Grant Wahl is senior writer at Sports Illustrated and the author of The Beckham Experiment.\n\n\u201cI said to Balotelli, \u2018I know you\u2019re into President Obama. There\u2019s a decent chance that he might read this story.\u2019 He kind of perked up. I don\u2019t think I was deliberately misleading him. There was a chance!\u201d\n\nThanks to MailChimp, Audible, Feverborn, and Squarespace for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow Notes:\n@GrantWahl\nWahl's Sports Illustrated archive\nWahl on Longform\n[4:00] "Hidden Damages" (M.R. O'Conner \u2022 The Atavist Magazine \u2022 Jan 2015)\n[19:00] "Home at Last" (William Mack \u2022 Sports Illustrated \u2022 Mar 1997)\n[20:00] "Men on a Mission" (Sports Illustrated \u2022 Feb 1997)\n[22:00] "The Odd Coupling" (Sports Illustrated \u2022 Oct 1997)\n[24:00] "Paternity Ward" (Sports Illustrated \u2022 May 1998)\n[27:00] The Beckham Experiment: How the World\u2019s Most Famous Athlete Tried to Conquer America (Three Rivers Press \u2022 2009)\n[28:00] "The Americanization of David Beckham" (Sports Illustrated \u2022 Jul 2007)\n[34:00] "Mario Balotelli Has a Talent That\u2019s Every Bit as Electric as His Personality" (Sports Illustrated \u2022 Aug 2013)\n[34:00] "Luis Suarez is the Hottest Player on the Planet, But Can He Keep His Cool?" (Sports Illustrated \u2022 Jun 2014)\n[41:00] "Ahead of His Class" (Sports Illustrated \u2022 Feb 2002)\n[41:00] "Ready For Freddy?" (Sports Illustrated \u2022 Mar 2004)\n[48:00] "Arm Folding: Who Does It the Best?" (Fox Sports \u2022 Jun 2015)\n[48:00] "What Happened When I Decided to Run for FIFA President" (Sports Illustrated \u2022 Apr 2011)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices