CBS SportsLine Runs for the Roses; Other Triple Crown Arenas to Follow.FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BW SportsWire)--April 26, 1999-- SportsLine USA, Inc. (Nasdaq:SPLN SPLN Spline ), publisher of CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. SportsLine (http://cbs.sportsline.com), is off to the races with coverage of this year's running of the 125th Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby One of the classic U.S. Thoroughbred horse races. It was established in 1875 and run annually on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky. With the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, it makes up U.S. racing's coveted Triple Crown. , the first leg of horse racing's prestigious Triple Crown. Similar coverage of the Preakness and Belmont Stakes Belmont Stakes Oldest of the three U.S. horse races that constitute the Triple Crown. The Belmont originated in 1867 and is named after August Belmont (see Belmont family). The stakes is held in early June at Belmont Park, near Garden City, Long Island; the course is 1.5 mi (2,400 m). races later this spring will offer fans total coverage of the Triple Crown. Showcasing the latest news, information and in-depth features in an interactive environment, the comprehensive Kentucky Derby site, located at (http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/racing/horse/derby/1999) will also offer fans unique opportunities to purchase special commemorative collectibles through SportsLine's online e-commerce arena, The Sports Store (www.TheSportStore.com). Coverage of this event will include a history of the Derby, columns and features on the horses, jockeys and trainers and the latest breaking news surrounding the race. The site will also include interactive fan polls where users can log on and offer their predictions. This spring, CBS SportsLine's "The 1999 Road to the Kentucky Derby" has kept race fans up-to-date on the horses to watch with its coverage of the races leading up to the sport's premier event. Same day race photos and audio from the "Run for the Roses" will highlight CBS SportsLine's Derby day the day of the annual race for the Derby stakes, - Wednesday of the week before Whitsuntide. See also: Derby coverage on May 1, 1999. Keeping stride with CBS SportsLine's outstanding coverage, The Sports Store will be offering officially licensed Kentucky Derby merchandise to commemorate this special event. Race enthusiasts can log on to purchase a variety of unique collectibles. Featured products include: -- Officially licensed 125th Kentucky Derby Caps and T-shirts. -- Kentucky Derby Racing Programs from the past twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. . -- Sets of Kentucky Derby mint julep mint julep: see julep. glasses from the past twenty-five years. -- Four packs of this year's Derby mint julep glass. -- Limited edition Kentucky Derby Signature Series Glass Sets featuring the autographs of winning jockeys. -- The Kentucky Derby Rose Pin, honoring the 125th race. The Sports Store is also available to AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. members at Keyword: The Sports Store. About SportsLine USA, Inc. SportsLine USA, Inc. (Nasdaq:SPLN) is a leading Internet-based sports media Sports Media, Inc. (SMI) is a Sports Media and Marketing company that produces radio and television programming as well as representing professional athletes. 2002 Cowboys Live - Hosted by Dallas Cowboys Joey Galloway company that provides branded, interactive information and programming as well as merchandise to sports enthusiasts worldwide. The publisher of CBS SportsLine (http://cbs.sportsline.com), SportsLine USA's content includes more than 400,000 pages of multimedia sports information, entertainment and merchandise, covering all major professional, collegiate and international sports with exclusive content from sports teams, organizations and superstars such as Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and Shaquille O'Neal. The Sports Store (www.TheSportsStore.com) is SportsLine USA's electronic commerce arena offering a unique collection of sports-related merchandise, memorabilia and licensed products. In 1998, the Company acquired two golf-related properties, GolfWeb (www.golfweb.com) the Internet's premier golf site, and International Golf Outlet (www.igogolf.com), a leading Internet retailer of fine golf products and equipment. SportsLine USA was founded in 1994, and its flagship Internet sports service was renamed CBS SportsLine in March of 1997 as part of an exclusive five-year promotional and content agreement with CBS Sports which has been extended through 2006. |
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