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Sepp Blatter: ‘I’ve Finished My Work in Football’

On the day after the organization that he has led for all of the 21st century banned him for eight years, FIFA president Sepp Blatter, 79, made the ban academic, announcing his retirement from soccer. He declared, “I’ve finished my work in football.”

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NFL Boots Kids from Local Soccer Park for Super Bowl

Soccer moms and the female members of the Santa Clara City Council are furious that the NFL will use the Santa Clara Youth Soccer Park as a “media village” for roughly 6,000 people at Super Bowl 50, which will be held at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on February 7.

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‘Shrimp Boy’ Takes the Stand

On Monday, Chee Kung Tong leader Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, 56–accused of racketeering, money laundering, murder and conspiracy–told a jury that his violent history stopped in 2003 or 2004 after three days of meditation, according to CBS San Francisco.

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Panthers Called Odell Beckham Jr. Anti-Gay Slurs, Threatened to End His Career

According to Hall of Fame cornerback Deion Sanders, New York Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr.’s state of mind on Sunday, when he received three penalties and targeted Carolina Panthers cornerback Josh Norman with a helmet-to-helmet hit, was deeply affected by pregame threats to end his career and barbs directed at his sexuality. The NFL later suspended Beckham for one game.

Odell Beckham Jr. 'likely' to be suspended for one game

Report: NFL to Suspend Odell Beckham Jr. One Game

After the dangerous, dirty play of New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. on Sunday in which he targeted Carolina Panthers cornerback Josh Norman, the NFL looks to suspend Beckham for one game, according to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

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Famous Developer May Go to Jail Because of Huge Home

A famous property developer who helped develop the Ritz-Carlton developments in Washington and Aspen, Colorado may go to jail because his gargantuan 30,000 square foot Bel-Air, California residence, nicknamed the “Starship Enterprise,” which boasts several floor levels balanced on a hillside and includes a 70-seat IMAX cinema, violated city planning orders.

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Former Black Panther Leader Sues Oakland over Brawl

Elaine Brown, 72, former head of the Black Panthers from 1974 to 1977, and who was implicated (though never charged) in the murder of accountant Betty Van Patter, is suing the city of Oakland for $1 million after Councilwoman Desley Brooks allegedly assaulted her at a local restaurant.

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Harry Reid: I Love to See the Redskins Lose

Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), who has pontificated prolifically that the Washington Redskins should change their name, resorted to vindictiveness when interviewed by the Washington Post, blustering that he loved to see the team lose.

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Dems Break Ranks Join GOP to Halt Syrian Refugee Resettlement

In a shocking break with their party, eight California Democrats supported a GOP bill in Congress that would prevent refugees from Syria and Iraq from entering the U.S. unless the heads of the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and the director of National Intelligence certify that the refugee would not endanger the U.S.