Ready Or Not, Here They Come

The 52-game, 24-team World Cup soccer tournament opens in Chicago on June 17. But the off-the-field action has already begun:

VIP-Lock: So many dignitaries, including Germany's Helmut Kohl and possibly Bill Clinton, are expected to pass though Chicago during the Cup that Rosalie Clark, city chief of protocol, says she has ordered a bunch of spare keys to the city: "I had only four left."

No Sex, Please, We're Brazilian: Brazilians have spent the past several weeks arguing about whether their team should have sex while in America (the debate isn't about safety; it's about on-field performance). When soccer legend Pele...

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