Business Services Industry
Michael Jordan to Chat On CBS SportsLine March 22
Business Wire, March 16, 1999
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BW SportsWire)--March 16, 1999--Former Chicago Bull Michael Jordan will participate in a live chat on his web site, http://jordan.sportsline.com, published by SportsLine USA, Inc. (Nasdaq:SPLN) on Monday, March 22 at 7 p.m. ET. The event marks Jordan's first live chat since his retirement from the NBA in January. The chat will be simulcast on America Online (keyword: AOL Live) and CBS SportsLine.
Jordan will offer fans his opinion on a number of topics, including the current NBA season and the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, as well as bring fans up to date on his activities since his retirement.
CBS SportsLine began hosting Jordan's official web site in June 1997 with the launch of jordan.sportsline.com. Since then, Jordan has regularly answered e-mails from his fans around the world, and has provided exclusive content for the CBS SportsLine site.
SportsLine USA, Inc. (Nasdaq:SPLN) is a leading Internet-based sports media company that provides branded, interactive information and programming as well as merchandise to sports enthusiasts worldwide. The publisher of CBS SportsLine (http://cbs.sportsline.com), SportsLine USA's content includes more than 400,000 pages of multimedia sports information, entertainment and merchandise, covering all major professional, collegiate and international sports with exclusive content from sports teams, organizations and superstars such as Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and Shaquille O'Neal. The Sports Store (www.TheSportsStore.com) is SportsLine USA's electronic commerce arena offering a unique collection of sports-related merchandise, memorabilia and licensed products. In 1998, the Company acquired two golf-related properties, GolfWeb (www.golfweb.com) the Internet's premier golf site, and International Golf Outlet (www.igogolf.com), a leading Internet retailer of fine golf products and equipment. SportsLine USA was founded in 1994, and its flagship Internet sports service was renamed CBS SportsLine in March of 1997 as part of an exclusive five-year promotional and content agreement with CBS Sports which has been extended through 2006.
Most Recent Business Articles
- Multiple criteria evaluation and optimization of transportation systems
- Multi-criteria analysis procedure for sustainable mobility evaluation in urban areas
- A two-leveled multi-objective symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the hub and spoke location problem
- Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation
- The development of Taiwan arterial traffic-adaptive signal control system and its field test: a Taiwan experience
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
- Too Young to Rent a Car? - 25-years-old the minimum age for car renting - Brief Article
- LIFO vs. FIFO: a return to the basics


