Apparently on a Chicago TV station. Let’s hope this a spoof. Otherwise it explains this kind of thing and the kinds of rubbish being reported about the 2010 World Cup. Remember it’s controversial and it is in South America, which is a country. The people are brown and they play soccer, right?
Via Deadspin.
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