PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa -- There has been so much petulancy, ego and spoiled behavior at the World Cup that it makes Brett Favre's annual antics look downright magnanimous. Diva must be in the water, and drama is certainly permeating the air in South Africa. France staged a protest against its own coach. And the English players and their head man, Fabio Capello, appear to have a deeper split than Jesse James and Sandra Bullock. One thing these running soap operas prove is that American athletes don't own the copyright on rotten attitudes or fractured teams, despite the commonly held perception by many Americans that the foreign athletes who play for their national teams are somehow less selfish and entitled than the athletes who hail from the United States.Everybody was asking me why I didn't blog about the destruction of the french soccer team. But honestly I couldn't. It was too easy, too predictable, too french. They're all a bunch of drama kings that drive great players like Zidane through the wall. And for what reason? Have any of them won shit? They're just living up to their billing as far as I'm concerned. They pulled out of Vietnam when shit go too hot and now they're pulling out of the World Cup because they think by not trying they actually save face.
