Five sports sites Beckham should make it a priority to visit

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1. Wrigley Field: When the Galaxy get to Chicago to extinguish the Fire, try to get to Chicago's North side to check out this 93-year-old gem of a baseball stadium. But go to a day game and sit in the bleachers -- the lights still don't feel right. This is America's Old Trafford.

2. Sanford Stadium: I picked Sanford because I have vast experience there, but any of the big college stadiums (Michigan Stadium, Beaver Stadium) will prove my point. The college football gameday encounter (tailgating, hanging out, etc.) is the closest experience I've had in America to attending a soccer game in Europe. Only these footballers don't flop. At least not as much.

3. The Cage at W. 4th St.: Rucker has made most of the headlines in New York City streetball history, but I prefer The Cage at W. 4th Street. It's a tiny court, but it's right in Greenwich Village and you never know who you'll see in a pick-up game -- last year some of my SLAM co-workers caught Knicks guard Nate Robinson balling there during the NBA season.

4. The Palace Of Auburn Hills: Becks told me he loved basketball, and of all the NBA games I've taken in across America over the last seven years, the crowds and the game experiences in Detroit are consistently the most exciting. It would also be cool to hear Detroit PA man Mason announce the arrival of "Da-da-da-da-David Beckham!"

5. Any NASCAR Race: I've never been to a NASCAR event, but I imagine it being a perfect representation of America's working class, people who work hard all week and then come watch their guys put pedal to metal on the weekends. Besides, I'd just like to see Posh and Becks chilling on the infield, wearing trucker hats, sucking on a couple of longnecks.