2005 AND 1 Mix Tape Tour Kicks off in Oakland on June 10th.

AND 1

WHO:        Basketball footwear and apparel company AND 1 and
            playground legends including the newly signed Spyda and
            Baby Shack as well as living legends Main Event, AO,
            Helicopter, Go Get It, 50, Professor and California's own
            Syk Wit It and Spinmaster.

WHAT:       The 2005 AND 1 Mix Tape(R) Tour is the official, authentic
            streetball event running this summer in 30 cities from
            June 10th through August 21st. What began as an
            underground, five-city event is now the United States'
            largest summer-long basketball tour featuring the world's
            best streetball players. Each Tour stop consists of a free
            Open Run followed by a ticketed Mix Tape Game.

Below is the schedule of AND 1 Mix Tape(R) Tour events in Oakland open
to the media:

  What        D.R.I.V.E.         Shoot-around          Game Day
          community service   open media session
              appearance
----------------------------------------------------------------------
  Date       Thursday 6/9        Thursday 6/9         Friday 6/10
----------------------------------------------------------------------
  Time     11a.m.-12:15p.m.      2:30-3:30p.m.    4-6:30p.m.  Open Run
                                                    7:30p.m. Tip-off
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Address  Boys and Girls Club    Oakland Arena        Oakland Arena
          3300 High Street,   7000 Coliseum Way    7000 Coliseum Way
              2nd Floor       Oakland, CA 94621    Oakland, CA 94621
          Oakland, CA 94619
----------------------------------------------------------------------

DETAILS:

        --  Open run is a series of non-stop basketball games during
            which Oakland talent take to the court to try to earn a
            spot on the AND 1 Mix Tape(R) Tour roster. Participants
            must be 18 or accompanied by a parent or guardian. Open
            run participants will be vying for a place on the 2005 AND
            1 Mix Tape(R) Tour, an endorsement contract and may be
            featured on the fourth season of "Street Ball: The AND 1
            Mix Tape(R) Tour presented by Mountain Dew" on ESPN this
            summer. Careful: "featured" can mean "embarrassed".

        --  FOR GAME CREDENTIALS and more information media is invited
            to register at and use AND 1's new electronic press kit at
            www.and1press.com.

    Produced By: RCA Group