AND 1 Mix Tape Tour Stops in Raleigh on August 17th.

AND 1

WHO:    Basketball footwear and apparel company AND 1 and playground
        players including the newly signed Professor, as well as
        living legends Hot Sauce, Main Event, Half Man, Alimoe, AO,
        Prime Objective, 50, Escalade, Go Get It, High Octane, Shane
        the Dribbling Machine, Syk Wit It and North Carolina's own
        Helicopter.

WHAT:   The 2004 AND 1 Mix Tape(R) Tour is the official, authentic
        streetball event running this summer in 30 cities from June
        3rd 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 Raleigh
open to the media:


  What    D.R.I.V.E.
          community                        Foot Locker
           service       Shoot-around     appearance &
          appearance  open media session   autographs      Game Day
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  Date    Mon. 8/16       Mon. 8/16        Mon. 8/16      Tues. 8/17
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                                                          4-6:30p.m.
  Time   11am-12:15pm     3:30-4pm         6pm-7pm          Open Run
                                                          7:30p.m
                                                            Tip-off
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Address  Washington
         Elementary                    Crabtree Valley
            1000                            Mall          RBC Center
         Fayetteville     RBC Center    4325 Glenwood    1400 Edwards
           Street     1400 Edwards Mill     Ave.           Mill Rd.
         Raleigh, NC          Rd.        Raleigh, NC      Raleigh, NC
             27601    Raleigh, NC 27607    27612             27607
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DETAILS:

    --  Open run is a series of non-stop basketball games during which
        Raleigh 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 third
        season of "Street Ball: The AND 1 Mix Tape(R) Tour presented
        by Mountain Dew Code Red" 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