World Cup Already Has Grown on Him

Say what you will about the World Cup, but it has achieved one notable sports accomplishment that has long eluded American sports: It has put real grass in the Silverdome and the Meadowlands.

DAN OTTER

Corona

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Granted, soccer is the most popular team sport in the world. Yet I believe that conducting the World Cup in the United States is as appropriate as holding the World Series in Bulgaria.

Score another win for media hype and the pursuit of filthy lucre.

SID SKOLNIK

West Hollywood