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50 years ago this month a rag tag team of soccer enthusiasts from the United States went to Brazil to participate in the World Cup Soccer Tournament. They played a very strong, very self-assured English team and won. Scott speaks about this game with Peter Chapman, reporter for the Financial Times of London and author of the new book The Goalkeeper's History of Britain. (Fourth Estate Press, UK)

NPR's Jack Speer reports on the record setting sales of J.K. Rowling's latest Harry Potter book. By the time Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire went on sale at bookstores at midnight Friday, it already was a best seller on the Internet. Online booksellers sold more than 700-thousand advance copies to eager fans.

Michele Kelemen reports from Moscow that Russia's FSB intelligence service is actively pursuing a growing number of espionage cases, now that its former boss, Vladimir Putin, is president. Journalists, former military officers and defense analysts are held for months, and sometimes years, before going to trial behind closed doors. At least one prominent defense attorney notes, however, that the FSB does not exercise the same unbridled power as its Soviet-era predecessor, the KGB.

As NPR's Tom Goldman reports, 29-year-old Michael Bennett of Chicago is given a good chance to win a gold medal in the heavyweight division of the Olympics, even though he only took up boxing six years ago. Even more surprising than his late start is how he honed his skills: Bennett learned to box from fellow inmates when he was in prison. www.bennettboxing.com

Laura Womack reports from Albany, Georgia that Alabama and Georgia have both been declared agricultural disaster areas because of the southeastern drought, but that may not help some farmers survive. The disaster declaration means farmers can apply for federal assistance programs, but after being hammered by three successive years of drought conditions many farmers are so deeply in debt that they may not have the minimal assets necessary to qualify for the programs.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports on the upcoming Reform Party convention being held in Long Beach. In contrast to the Democratic and Republican convention, the Reform Party has two candidates vying for the party's presidential nomination. Ex-Republican Pat Buchanan is the clear favorite, but many expect John Hagelin, who's already the nominee of the Natural Law Party, to field a substantial challenge.

Karen Brown reports from Holyoke, Massachusetts on car clubs for young men. Members supe up their vehicles with accessories like impressive stereo systems, seventeen inch rims, leather interiors, and high-end performance parts. Clubs often take on extra jobs to pay for these modifications, and they compete in car shows. The clubs help to get some men off the streets, and have gained a certain degree of respectability in the city.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports from Bogota on the radio program in Colombia that broadcasts messages to people who've been kidnapped. Colombia's National Radio Network airs the program, called Voices of Kidnapping. Family members are allowed to record messages to their loved ones, as long as their words are upbeat and don't criticize either the kidnappers or the government. An estimated two thousand people have been kidnapped in Colombia so far this year.

NPR's Rick Karr reports opening arguments are expected today in the federal trial of Eric Corley, publisher of the hacker magazine Twenty-Six Hundred. The prosecution charges Corley broke the law when he posted a program on his website that allows users to unscramble the codes used to encrypt DVD's. The defense claims Corley never broke the law, since posting the program is not inherently illegal.

Howie Movshovitz of Colorado Public Radio reports that, despite another record breaking summer at the box office, many theater chains are deeply in debt. One major reason is that they've borrowed heavily to build new, high tech theaters across the country. And as movies spend less time in theatrical release, the profits even from blockbusters aren't offsetting increasing costs.