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ADVISORY/uBid to Auction a Fantasy Day On the Course At the NFL Golf Classic.


Sports Editors/Football & Golf Writers

ADVISORY...For May 21-31, 2001

--(BW SportsWire)

A Father's Day Gift Guaranteed To Make

Dad's Dreams Come True (Tie Not Included)

WHAT:   Whether you're shooting for par or working with a 50 handicap,
        uBid.com is auctioning off a chance for any golfer to fly to
        New Jersey and spend a day(n) golfing with the pros in the NFL
        Golf Classic. One bid will grant a lucky winner and their
        guest the chance to play a round with a Senior PGA Tour
        Professional and an NFL player during an official Senior PGA
        Tour event on Wednesday, June 6th, in front of an audience of
        more than 90,000.

        This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for two, exclusive to
        uBid.com, includes 18 holes of golf with an NFL and Senior PGA
        player, roundtrip airfare for two to New York, three-night
        hotel accommodations at the Sheraton Meadowlands and a chance
        to further mingle with the stars with invitations to parties
        hosted by the NFL Classic.

WHO:    The NFL Golf Classic will play host to 78 Senior PGA Tour
        professionals and 54 NFL stars. The fantasy day of golf will
        consist of a field of seasoned professionals including NFL
        greats Phil Simms, Boomer Esiason, Vinny Testaverde, John
        Elway, Brett Farve, Jerry Rice, Warren Sapp, and Emmitt Smith
        along with SENIOR PGA TOUR legends Lee Trevino, Tom Watson,
        Gary McCord, and many more.

        Upon arriving at the event, the winners will mingle aboard the
        U.S.S. Intrepid in New York City's Hudson Bay with this year's
        players, and they'll have the chance to pick an NFL player and
        SENIOR PGA player for the Wednesday, June 6, golf outing.

WHEN:   June 5-7, 2001
        Official Pro-Am (Wed. - Thur.)
        (n)Winner to play first round of NFL Players
           Championship (Wed.)

        The auction takes place at www.ubid.com, and began on Monday,
        May 21, 2001, at 4:00 p.m. CST and will close on Thursday, May
        31, 2001 at 6:00 p.m. CST. Bids started at $9.

WHERE:  Upper Montclair Country Club, Clifton, NJ
        (20 minutes from New York City)

WHY:    uBid, a leading retail auction and e-commerce site and
        majority-owned company of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMGI) is gearing
        up to announce functional enhancements to its web site based
        on feedback from its registered user base. The retail auction
        site offers consumers and small to mid-sized businesses the
        opportunity to purchase a wide range of brand name
        merchandise, often at greatly reduced prices. At uBid, most
        bids begin as low as $9. There is no reserve price set and all
        products are backed by uBid or manufacturer warranties.
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