In his room at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell hospital, Chuck Blazer held his smartphone and checked his email on Wednesday morning. He was far from the soccer bon vivant who once had an enormous appetite for expensive meals, luxury travel, extravagant living and, according to the federal authorities, corrupt self-enrichment.
In more lavish times, Mr. Blazer sometimes carried a parrot on his shoulder. He kept two apartments at Trump Tower in Manhattan, one for himself, the other an office said to be sometimes occupied by his cats. His penchant for collecting commissions as a soccer power broker earned him the nickname Mr.