Spike Lee and his son, Jonathan are Gunner fans and good friends of Thierry Henry. He is a great supporter of soccer which he distinctly calls football. How un-American can you get??
Spike has been following football (ahem! soccer) for a long time even before the Knicks current state of incompetence, relegating those salad days of the Knicks-Pacers and Kicks-Heat rivalry to a distant memory. At MSG, Spike Lee was a fixture getting into Reggie Millers face, time and time again.
He has been watching all the World Cup with a great deal of passion, and supports Brazil, but he is extremely worried about Ronaldo.
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I think it is high time Spike Lee made a football (ahem! soccer) movie, with Thierry Henry scouting out inner city children, finding their way out with their talent in soccer, and calling it “He got game,Thierry”. Imagine a hit in the US and France. When did that last happen? Gigi?
It would be a great boost for soccer here. Soccerblog readers, please come up with plausible scripts we can give Spike.