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Blatter Wins Re-Election As FIFA President After Ali Withdraws

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).

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On this week’s Sports Media Podcast from the New York Post and Sports Business Journal, ESPN’s Jay Bilas talks all things NCAA. Big Ten Network’s Meghan McKeown shares her insight into the Caitlin Clark craze. The Boston Globe’s Chad Finn chats all things Bean Town. And SBJ’s Xavier Hunter drops in to share his findings on how the NWSL is making a social media push.

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SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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