Blatter Out!

Holy #$^*^##%%&)&^$%$@@^%^%&, Batman! What a Hump Day! Sepp has said he'll step down as head of SPECTRE FIFA! Word is he's on the suspect list. That's pretty much the only subject of conversation around the SSN Headquarters Water Cooler today. Let's get to the insanity!

Sepp Blatter Decides to Resign as FIFA President in About-Face

How a curmudgeonly old reporter exposed the scandal that toppled Blatter

Sepp Blatter: From Defiant to Defeated in Four Fateful Days

Grant Wahl: Now what?

David Conn: What happens now?

Kevin McCauley: What's next?

Tom Fordyce: Blatter resignation one of sport's most dramatic falls

Marina Hyde: How Qatar was a frontier too far

Gabriele Marcotti: What it means and what happens next

Owen Gibson: Blatter finally lets go of FIFA as FBI noose tightens

David Hytner is in Como, Italy. Lucky bastard. Anyway, he's writing about Marco Tardelli and Juventus ahead of the big showdown on Saturday. Also talking Juve? Adam Digby. Specifically, he's profiling Alice Cooper Gianluigi Buffon.

Backheel Breakfast

As expected, Raphael Benitez is now the new manager of Real Madrid. The Madrid native takes over after failing to get Napoli into the Champions League. Let's see how long he lasts...

Women's World Cup? Better believe it! Here are previews for Group B and Group C.

The Mill. Plus One. Plus Plus One.

Like Sepp, we out.

Onward!!

-SSN

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