DAVID BECKHAM is suing MARK WAHLBERG for "alleged losses after a brand deal went south with F45 Training," which Wahlberg has a 36% interest in and is the chief branding officer. Beckham claims he lost $10M out of pocket when stocks that he was promised "weren’t given to him until after share prices plummeted." He is also suing Wahlberg’s investment firm -- Mark Wahlberg Investment Group -- along with F45 founders ADAM GILCHRIST and ROB DEUTSCH . Beckham agreed to be a global ambassador for F45 and had "appeared in several F45 social media posts promoting the brand." However, those posts "have since been deleted" ( N.Y. POST, 4/21 ).
NAMES : Wizards F KYLE KUZMA launched a coffee shop, Childhood Café, Off U Street in D.C. last week. The shop riffs its name off of Kuzma’s lifestyle brand, Childhood Dreams, and offers pastries and classic coffee drinks and lemonades ( WASHINGTONIAN, 4/18 )....Eagles QB JALEN HURTS is donating funds to buy air-conditioners for 10 Philadelphia city schools. Hurts’ $200,000 donation will go to schools that currently lack adequate cooling systems ( PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER 4/19 ).
IN MEMORY : Former Golf Channel co-host STEPHANIE SPARKS passed away on April 13 at the age of 50. Sparks co-hosted the reality show “ BIG BREAK ” and eventually went on to host various shows on Golf Channel ( N.Y. POST, 4/20 )....Former Bears VP/Player Personnel from 1986-92 BILL TOBIN passed away Thursday at age 83. Tobin’s fingerprints “were all over the 1983 draft” that propelled the Bears to a Super Bowl championship in two short years. But to a large segment of football fans, Tobin’s name is “synonymous with one of the all-time draft rants from 30 years ago” when he uttered the words, “Who in the hell is Mel Kiper anyway?” ( CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 4/19 ). Tobin began his career with the Bengals as a scouting consultant and served as the GM for the Bears and Colts. His career also included a stop with the Lions as the director of player personnel from 2001-02 ( INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 4/19 ).
