The World Cup Is Closer Than You Think

Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject : Morning crap This unknown player for one of Turkey's national soccer teams (its World Cup roster lists Semih Şentürk, 25, a striker, as No. 9) can't be worried about FIFA politics; he's involved in his own organizational dispute. At any rate, The 2010 World Cup in South Africa is rapidly approaching. Adjust your schedules accordingly.Meanwhile, some are saying that the election of Barack Obama could mean that the U.S. is on the fast track to play host to the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. Why are people ignoring the significant fact that Obama is our first soccer-playin' President? Well, in modern times, anyway.