ADVISORY/ABC's Al Michaels Joins John Madden in EA SPORTS' Madden NFL Football Booth; EA SPORTS to Host Conference Call With Madden and Michaels.Sports Editors/Football Writers & Columnists ADVISORY...for Thursday (April 25) REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BW SportsWire)--April 23, 2002 Al Michaels Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944) is an American television sportscaster. Currently employed by NBC Sports after nearly three decades (1977 – 2006) with ABC Sports, Michaels is one of the most prominent and respected members of his profession. will join John Madden mad·den v. mad·dened, mad·den·ing, mad·dens v.tr. 1. To make angry; irritate. 2. To drive insane. v.intr. To become infuriated. in the announcing booth for Madden NFL Madden NFL is an American football video game series developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon for EA Sports. The game is named after Pro Football Hall of Famer John Madden, a well-known color commentator for NBC Sports and formerly a successful Super Bowl-winning coach during 2003 from Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS ERTS Electronic Arts, Inc. (stock symbol) ERTS Earth Resources Technology Satellite (US NASA) ERTS Embedded Real Time Systems ERTS Enhanced Remote Transit Shed ). The new Monday Night Football “MNF” redirects here. For other uses, see MNF (disambiguation). Monday Night Football (MNF) is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. announcing duo will be calling plays for the best-selling football videogame franchise, Madden NFL Football, due out later this summer and in its 13th year. Last year Madden NFL 2002 sold more three million units on eight different platforms.
Conference Call Info:
WHO: John Madden and Al Michaels and Chip Lange, vice
president of marketing, Electronic Arts, will host a
conference call to discuss the new partnership in the
videogame. There will be a question and answer period
during the second half of the call.
WHEN: 11:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, Thursday, April 25,
2002. Participants should dial-in 15 minutes prior to
the scheduled time of the call so the call may begin
promptly.
DIAL IN: The dial in number for the call is 719/457-2693. The
confirmation number for the call is 477972.
Participants do not need to confirm their
participation.
WEBCAST: The conference call will also be webcast live, and any
person who cannot or chooses not to participate in the
conference call may listen to the web cast at
www.info.ea.com. Web cast listeners should log in 15
minutes prior to the scheduled start time of the call
to ensure all system requirements are in place.
Electronic Arts, headquartered in Redwood City, California Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County. As of the 2005 census, the city had a total population of 76,000. , is the world's leading independent interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, Electronic Arts posted revenues of more than $1.3 billion for fiscal 2001. The company develops, publishes and distributes software worldwide for personal computers, video game systems and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA GAMES(TM), EA SPORTS(TM), EA SPORTS BIG(TM) and EA.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. (SM). More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://www.ea.com. Note to Editors: Electronic Arts, EA GAMES, EA SPORTS and EA SPORTS BIG are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. EA.COM is a service mark of EA.com Inc. |
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