Bucks' Desmond Mason and TJ Ford to Star in SBC Home Court ''Webisodes''; Three-Minute Look into Players' Homes Scores Peeks at Paintings, Personalized Cars and High-Tech Lifestyles.

MILWAUKEE -- Die-hard NBA fans now have a shot to see how their favorite players play off the court. Fans can catch a glimpse this month of Bucks star Desmond Mason as the first player to appear in SBC Home Court, a series of streaming video "webisodes" in which NBA players treat fans to a personal tour of their digs, available at www.bucks.com.

Energetic Zach Selwyn, who sports enthusiasts may recognize as announcer for Extreme Dodgeball and finalist for ESPN's Dream Job, hosts the series.

During the segments, viewers can click on SBC icons that reveal trivia tidbits about the players, their homes and their tech habits. Each streaming video contains around 20 "clickable" items, and the site keeps score as to which factoids visitors have uncovered and which they have missed in each scene.

This month's SBC Home Court webisode highlights Desmond Mason, about whom fans can learn:

--His garage doubles as an art studio

--His TV room features one of his original paintings

--He also likes to golf, and his cleats have served as impromptu artwork signatures

To keep the action fresh, webisodes featuring new players will be introduced throughout the month of March - including the Bucks' TJ Ford (with Maurice Williams) - along with summary songs and outtakes. Fans can sign up for e-mail alerts that notify them when new webisodes are released.

"Our customers expect us to keep them connected to their families, friends and coworkers, but it's been a blast going beyond that duty to connect them to the unexpected - their favorite athletes," said Scott Helbing, senior vice president, SBC Consumer Marketing.

In addition to the Milwaukee Bucks, the nine-week SBC Home Court campaign will go inside the homes of other basketball elites for the San Antonio Spurs (www.spurs.com), Dallas Mavericks (www.mavs.com) and Houston Rockets (www.rockets.com).

The program gives fans a chance to even out the playing field when it comes to living a high-tech lifestyle. In addition to links to existing SBC product and service offers available throughout the webisode, online visitors to the team sites can enter a consumer sweepstakes through the end of April for a chance to score a primetime SBC "Home Court" of their own - a plasma TV, laptop and printer, digital camera and SBC cordless phone. Four sweepstakes winners will be announced in May, culminating the nine-week campaign.

Supporting media spots for the campaign will air on local television to help drive traffic to the team site.

SBC Communications Inc. is a Fortune 50 company whose subsidiaries, operating under the SBC brand, provide a full range of voice, data, networking, e-business, directory publishing and advertising, and related services to businesses, consumers and other telecommunications providers. SBC holds a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which serves 49.1 million wireless customers. SBC companies provide high-speed DSL Internet access lines to more American consumers than any other provider and are among the nation's leading providers of Internet services. SBC companies also now offer satellite TV service. Additional information about SBC and SBC products and services is available at www.sbc.com.