OK, special occasion (so much for the mention of vacation last week). Someone wasted no time making art out of Zidane's head-butt in the World Cup final on Sunday: a video game. I feel safe in posting this because I have received a stunning amount of positive email for my confession about becoming a soccer fan this morning. Of course, that might mean I'm catering to a more upscale, wired market. Doesn't matter.

I will say this much, though: there are signs that "the beautiful game'' has crossed over, because all day I've been hearing people trying to remember another instance of an all-time great player in some sport doing something that insane in a championship setting. In the final game of his career, yet, on a stage that big, and tainting his reputation that thoroughly. I came up with the mythical Michael Jordan comparison, but, of course, that didn't actually happen.

Any suggestions?