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Myteam.com Announces Unprecedented Online Coverage of Amateur Sporting Events

Business Wire, July 17, 2000

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WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2000

"Summer of Champions" coverage will range from live audio and

streaming video, to digital photos, statistics and game overviews of

thousands of amateur sports championship games.

Myteam.com, the leading online community for amateur sports, announced today that throughout the summer of 2000, it will provide extensive online coverage of amateur sports championships on the Internet through its "Summer of Champions" series. The company's Myteam Productions division will provide timely recaps of over 3,000 amateur games and even real-time audio and video coverage of many popular championship games and series. With its extensive coverage of these events, the Summer of Champions represents the single largest source for amateur sports recaps, content and scores.

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"The drama and passion of youth and amateur sports is as compelling as professional sports, often more so," said myteam.com CEO Elliot Katzman. "We want to bring that excitement to relatives and fans throughout the world via the Internet. Myteam is adding an exciting new dimension to existing sports media coverage by allowing a global audience to share the experiences of amateur athletes by truly harnessing the power of the Internet to connect disparate amateur sports teams and fans into one global community."

"This summer, a Little League player's aunt living three thousand miles away can keep track of her nephew's team and know immediately to call and congratulate him on his win or to console him on his loss," said Jean McCormick, myteam.com vice president of content. "Our technology allows us to showcase these talented amateur athletes who might otherwise go unnoticed."

Myteam's "Summer of Champions" includes coverage of the United States national women's softball team as they compete in the "Central Park to Sydney" tour, a 62 game schedule that leads up to the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Throughout the summer, team members have been contributing diary entries filled with fascinating details of their tour. Myteam will also cover all of the American Softball Association's summer championships, along with the 40th National Police Athletic League World Series and the Youth Basketball Organization of America National Championships. Coverage includes hundreds of other youth and amateur sports championship games.

The Summer of Champions culminates in extensive coverage of the Little League Baseball World Series in Williamsport, PA, the conclusion of the single largest sports tournament in the world. Teams from more than 100 countries compete throughout the summer for the coveted Little League World Series title, resulting in a week-long battle in Williamsport, between eight teams from four regions from the U.S. as well as four other countries. Myteam's coverage begins with the four U.S. regional LLB championships. Following these events, myteam will travel to Williamsport and provide myteamcast live game simulator and live audio broadcasts of every game, as well as scores, game results, reviews, previews and daily video stories surrounding the Little League World Series. Fans will also be able to access a "live" video and audio stream of the press conferences following each game, plus updates and stories from a kid's perspective posted daily by myteam's "cub reporter," the winner of the "Myteam Moments" essay contest running through the month of July.

"The Internet gives us the ability to cover a vast array of sporting events and deliver the content directly to interested folks across the globe," said myteam vice president of production Bill Stone. "As a media site dedicated to serving the amateur sports community, myteam.com is uniquely qualified to pioneer real innovations in sports coverage."

About myteam.com

Founded in 1999 and based in Woburn, MA, myteam.com, the leading online center for amateur sports, is the world's first Internet site dedicated to serving the needs of the sports family and the entire amateur sports community -- players, parents, fans, coaches, league administrators and officials.

Myteam.com has signed exclusive multi-year agreements with premier youth sports organizations such as Little League Baseball, Amateur Softball Association, Amateur Athletic Union, Police Athletic League, Youth Basketball Organization of America, and many others. The site is also a supporting online partner of Major League Baseball's Reviving Baseball in the Inner Cities program. Myteam.com's audience is comprised of the hundreds of millions of people involved in amateur sports worldwide; the company's relationships, which include more than 30 sports, give myteam.com exclusive access to more than 10 million sports participants and 30 million community members.

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Myteam.com Announces Unprecedented Online Coverage of Amateur Sporting Events

Business Wire, July 17, 2000

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