Sepp Blatter on Friday won re-election to a fifth term as FIFA President when his "only competition, Prince Ali bin al-Hussain, withdrew from consideration after the first ballot." The election was "forced to a second vote after Blatter failed to gain a two-thirds majority in the initial phase." The first ballot had 133 votes going to Blatter, 73 to Prince Ali and "three being invalid." Blatter in his acceptance speech said, "I like you, I like my job. I am not perfect, nobody is perfect, but we will do a good job together I am sure. ... It's been a wonderful journey in terms of knowing you, working with you" (USATODAY.com, 5/29).

ESPN’s Bob Ley and Jeremy Schaap are drawing strong praise on Twitter for their coverage Friday of the FIFA vote. SI’s Richard Deitsch wrote, “You are seeing @BobLeyESPN and @JeremySchaap make ESPN look very smart on FIFA. Smart, intelligent conversation.” Yahoo Sports’ Dan Wetzel: “I like when ESPN is serious and informative and professional. Lots of @BobLeyESPN and @JeremySchaap on TV last few days. So good.” The N.Y. Times’ Richard Sandomir: “ESPN's Bob Ley & Jeremy Schaap making FIFA prez vote a good watch. Fox Sports 1 at Nascar practice.” The official Men In Blazers’ account: “Can we all give @BobLeyESPN a Standing O. Proving once again why he is an American Soccer Legend.” KSTP-ABC’s Chris Long: “Jeremy Schaap’s ‘all Blatter needed was a Persian cat to complete the Bond villain look’ drop was hilarious.”

Ley and Schaap also drew praise from some ESPN colleagues. ESPN L.A.’s Arash Markazi: “Is it too late to vote @BobLeyESPN as FIFA president? Awesome job today.” ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt: “It's clear @BobLeyESPN knows more about soccer & its inner workings than I do about anything. The man is just a brilliant host.”

Orlando City SC announced Friday that it will be privately funding the entirety of its new downtown Orlando stadium, as well as increasing the expected capacity. This comes after stadium construction was set back following a delay in $30M of funding from the Florida Legislature that would have helped pay for the $115M, 19,500-seat facility. Now, the team will purchase land from the city to build a 25,000-28,000-seat stadium that it will wholly own and operate. The venue, expected to be the second largest soccer-specific stadium in MLS, is scheduled to be completed in the summer of '16.

Sources said that the SEC will distribute $435M from an NCAA-record $455M in revenues among its 14 institutions. Each member school will receive $31.07M, up from last year's payout of $20.9M per school. The SEC's $455M in total revenue is "based on the revenue-sharing plan for the 2014-15 fiscal year, which ends Aug. 1." However, $20M was "retained by institutions that participated in bowl games last season" (ESPN.com, 5/29).

DraftKings has agreed to be the presenting sponsor of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, which includes the 147th running of the race on Saturday, June 6. On-site activation will include branded apparel on all horses and gate crew, a branded cooler blanket on the winning horse and Belmont Stakes-branded DraftKings Player Lounge and an exclusive VIP area (NYRA). In addition to brand exposure, the "deal was done to give away access to a winner in one of DraftKings' upcoming daily fantasy leagues" (ESPN.com, 5/29).

The NLL Minnesota Swarm on Friday announced that the team is moving to the Atlanta area for the '16 season after the league approved the franchise's relocation request. The team, which will now be called the Georgia Swarm, has agreed in principle on a lease deal to play its home games at The Arena at Gwinnett Center. The Swarm have been in the NLL for 11 seasons (Swarm).

Majestic Athletic has reached a global apparel deal with EPL club Liverpool to design, manufacture and distribute men’s, women’s and youth offerings (Majestic Athletic).

San Diego State and the Univ. of San Diego on Friday formally announced details of their Dec. 5 men's basketball game at Petco Park (San Diego State/Univ. of San Diego).

IMSA launched an upgraded mobile app developed in partnership with Microsoft, available for iOS, Android or Windows devices. New features include the ability for users to customize their experience by selecting their favorite manufacturer (IMSA).

“We will spend the next 48 hours kind of locked in a room. … We will get this done kind of at the 11th hour. We’re very excited” – Bucks President Peter Feigin, on hoping to work out a public funding deal for a new arena this weekend (BIZJOURNALS.com, 5/29).

“Nike are going to be paying attention whether they want to or not because the story is not going to be going away. … Even if this whole mess gets cleaned up, there’s the residue of it” – USC Sports Business Institute Exec Dir David Carter, on whether Nike’s reputation will be damaged by connections to FIFA’s corruption scandal (GUARDIAN.co.uk, 5/29).

“What the Bulls management did was above and beyond reprehensible” – Radio host Dan Patrick, on the Bulls’ handling of coach Tom Thibodeau’s firing (“The Dan Patrick Show,” 5/29).

Fourteen arrested on reams of corruption charges and FIFA re-elects the head of the snake. Soccer deserves all it gets, including Blatter.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) May 29, 2015

The Chicago Bulls issued a statement congratulating Sepp Blatter on his re-election as FIFA president. Sepp shares their same "trust" values

— Frank Isola (@FisolaNYDN) May 29, 2015

Bob Bowlsby says from Big 12 meetings, league will distribute $27M to 8 members; TCU & WVU get $23M

— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) May 29, 2015

Belichick asked about #Deflategate: “We’re on to 2015.”

— Ben Volin (@BenVolin) May 29, 2015

ICYMI: The first 10K fans @SportingPark tonight will receive this awesome shirt courtesy of @MazumaCU! #SKCvDAL pic.twitter.com/c42nUDwt8P

— Sporting KC STMs (@SportingKCSTM) May 29, 2015

Friday

The Selig Experience, an attraction honoring MLB Commissioner Emeritus and former Brewers Owner Bud Selig, will open to the public at Miller Park prior to a D-backs-Brewers night game.

Saturday

The Predators and NHL will unveil the '16 NHL All-Star logo in conjunction with the Music City Sports Festival in Nashville.

Ahead of his headlining bout against Jose Aldo in UFC 189, featherweight Conor McGregor receives a friendly workout challenge from a fan and responds in kind.

27 million – Number of streaming views in '14 for Riot Games' League of Legends world championship eSports competition, "more than the average viewership of individual games in the NCAA Final Four and World Series" (MARKETWATCH.com, 5/29).