Il Calcio: Nothing But A Ball of Laughs

Italian calcio is ripping at its seams in what is being called Series A's biggest scandal ever. Four Series A soccer clubs (Milan, Juventus, Fiorentina, and Lazio) are accused of fixing matches -- and bribing, threatening and intimidating various officials. The manager of Juventus, Luciano Moggi (a.ka. Lucky Luciano), was recorded on May 2nd talking to the head referee of Italy's soccer federation about favorable placement of referees. Moggi, however, isn't the only one that violated league rules and the probe, grand in scope, has placed a total of 41 people under investigation.

The World Cup 2006 kicks off in Munich, Germany on June 9th. Italy is set to play the United States in Kaiserslautern on June 17th.