Byline: Tom Reed
CLEVELAND _ The Brazilian soccer federation recently sold the television rights to its 14 pre-World Cup practices from a remote Swiss village.
More than 100 nations bought the package, according to a Reuters report.
What in the name of Allen Iverson? We're talkin' about practice. Don't tell that to the Swiss farmer who had 300 pigs removed from his property in fear that the stench might become an olfactory distraction to the likes of Ronaldinho and Kaka.
U.S. Soccer will never be the recipient of such comic reverence. Team USA hasn't won a single World Cup, let alone five like the storied Brazilians. The interest in the sport, however, is growing stateside after its …
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