Eyes of the World

Russia expects to welcome a million tourists during the month-long World Cup between June 14 and July 15, with another 3.3 billion watching on TV.  Poor Fox Sports, though, which paid $400M for U.S. broadcast rights, because the Stars & Stripes failed to qualify for the first time since 1986!  But lest you feel sorry for Team USA, Italy's qualification streak, also broken in 2018, dated to 1958.  Mamma Mia!