Netscape and SportsLine USA to Provide up-to-the Minute March Mayhem Coverage
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Netscape Communications
Corporation (Nasdaq: NSCP) today announced that it will offer comprehensive
coverage of the 1999 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament through its relationship
with SportsLine USA (Nasdaq: SPLN) on the Netscape(R) Netcenter portal site.
Netscape will offer March Mayhem content including up-to-the-minute game
coverage, tournament scores, team statistics, rankings, feature stories and
related information provided by SportsLine USA to fans of the annual college
basketball tournament via the recently-launched Netscape Sports Channel at
http://sports.netscape.com.
In addition, Netscape and SportsLine USA will launch the Netscape March
Mayhem Bracket Contest on Netscape Netcenter. Beginning Sunday evening,
March 7, fans can go to the Netscape March Mayhem Bracket Contest link on the
Netscape Sports Channel and pick who they think will win the 1999 Men's NCAA
Basketball Tournament. The grand prize-winner will receive US $1000, and
additional cash prizes will be awarded to the four runners-up. See official
rules at http://sportsline.netscape.com/ns/madness/1999/contests/rules/.
"Netscape offers college basketball fans a chance to get complete NCAA
Men's Basketball Tournament coverage from the Netscape Sports Channel," said
Jerrell Jimerson, vice president of consumer, business and finance programming
for Netscape Netcenter. "Fans can keep up-to-date with the latest NCAA
basketball scores, feature stories and information from Netscape Netcenter,
the one stop destination for the latest in sports."
Netscape Netcenter is Netscape's fast-growing portal site, with over ten
million members Netcenter provides users with a home base on the Internet.
Netscape Netcenter provides users with smart tools and services that empower
users to take charge of their Internet experience. From Netcenter, users can
navigate the Internet, access a broad range of consumer and business content
and services and communicate with others online. The site includes eighteen
content channels and a set of leading-edge services, including
Netscape-branded Search, Netscape Contact, SmartUpdate, Software Download,
Member Directory, My Netscape personalization service and WebMail.
Netscape Communications Corporation is a leading provider of software and
services for businesses that want to transform the way they create and keep
customers in the emerging Net Economy. The company offers a full line of
enterprise software solutions, professional services, and a leading Internet
portal to help companies build, buy, or outsource Internet applications that
drive revenue growth, build customer loyalty, and create new levels of
business efficiency. Traded on Nasdaq under the symbol NSCP, Netscape
Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, California.
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