WORLD CUP USA ’94 / THE FIRST ROUND : SPOTLIGHT : (POOR) JUDGMENT CALL

In a report from Fullerton headlined, “Simpson stole the show: little space for World Cup in gringo press,” El Tiempo’s Jose Clopatofsky complained that the O.J. Simpson chase upstaged the festivities and opening games of the World Cup.

“In case you needed some really typical episode of American life to counterattack the invasion of soccer, this was provided with the luxurious fullness of cinemagraphic and journalistic detail. To such an extreme that the soccer audience ended up being captive to the spectacular coverage of the escape and capture of former American football player O.J. Simpson. . . .”