Beckham team coverage

ESPN will be doing a lot of up-close-and-personal stuff in covering the soccer superstar's first game for the Los Angeles Galaxy on July 21 at the Home Depot Center in Carson. There will be an edition of "SportsCenter" at 3 p.m., a special called “David Beckham: New Beginnings” at 4:30, a pregame show at 5:30, and the actual game at 6. The sports network will use 19 cameras, including super slo-mo cameras and robotic goal cams. There also will be a camera isolating Beckham's actions that will be available on ESPN360.com. I don't want to be the killjoy in all this hoopla, but Beckham is still recovering from an ankle injury he received while playing for England in a European Championship qualifier (and which flared up again when he played for Real Madrid in the Spanish league). Apparently, he injured a ligament, but nobody seems very concerned - at least in public. The July 21 match is an exhibition against English powerhouse Chelsea. (TV Week, AP)