FIFA's next World Cup is slated to take place in Brazil, which doesn't allow alcohol sales at sporting events, but FIFA's commissioner made clear Thursday that little things like "laws" won't stand in the way of soccer fans and their brew.
Today in sports: The NFL finds a suitably contrarian argument to help promote its new magazine, agent Leigh Steinberg is in a Twitter fight with Arizona State University, and the NFLPA isn't quite sold on giving union chief DeMaurice Smith a $1 million year-end bonus.
Meanwhile, the Jacksonville Jaguars aren't going to Los Angeles and the plot is on to take the World Cup away from Qatar.
Today in sports: FIFA is worried about Brazil's "nightmare" traffic jams, Urban Meyer returns to college football after a 355-day hiatus, and the NFL offers China an olive branch (and Tony Dorsett).
Today in sports: FIFA president Sepp Blatter is again being called on to resign after saying racism in soccer is "no big deal," two more baseball teams will make the playoffs next year, and Franco Harris no longer speaks for the Meadows Race Track and Casino.
Plus: The Big East is looking west to add more football schools
FIFA Chief Sepp Blatter announced the reform in his reelection speech today
A vote-selling scheme may be FIFA's biggest scandal in a century--and that's saying a lot
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