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b'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'