“American Huckster”
How Chuck Blazer Got Rich From – and Sold Out – the Most Powerful Cabal in World Sports
By Mary Papenfuss and Teri Thompson
Publisher: HarperCollins
Cats, a macaw, high-priced escorts, private jets, Caribbean islands, the FBI, cash-stuffed envelopes and a cast of cronies feature in this meticulous, page-turning breakdown of the FIFA scandal and the larger-than-life character at the center of it.
“Das Reboot”
How German Soccer Reinvented Itself and Conquered the World
By Raphael Honigstein
Nation Books
In another must-read for soccer fans, the Bavarian-born author charts the modern renaissance of German foosball from “dreary functionality” to world champions.