CYBERSPORT : SI WEB SITE OFFERS MORE THAN A PEEK.Byline: Tom Hoffarth There's more to that Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is published annually by Sports Illustrated magazine. It features top fashion models wearing designer swimwear in exotic locales. New issues come out around the middle of February or later. It was first published in 1964. on your coffee table. And if this nifty little trend continues, you can bet the first out-of-swimsuit SI online issue isn't too far away. At the CNNSI CNNSI Cable News Network and Sports Illustrated .com site (http://premium.cnnsi.com/premium/swimsu it/1998/index.html), cybersurfers can access 50 photos that weren't included in the magazine's annual swimsuit issue, released last Wednesday. There's also more than 50 video clips of stuff that happened behind the scenes. Plus, there's a photo gallery of the 15 top models used in the issue. Oh, here's the catch: It'll cost you $7.95. This is premium access, men. Elaine Farley, the editor of the SI swimsuit issue, said there were about 160,000 photos taken during the shoot at five locations. Where else but the endless space-and-time Internet to store a bundle of these extra photos and pick up a few extra dollars on the side? The cost is supposed to discourage younguns from taking advantage of the situation, but it's still no insurance that some adolescent will find access, download a bunch of the photos and set off the alarm in his house that causes mom and pop Mom and Pop An adjective denoting a small-scale and family-like atmosphere, often used to describe these types of businesses and investors. Notes: A mom-and-pop business is typically a small family-run business. to hit the roof and blame SI for contributing to the delinquency of their kids. Just like they do with the regular SI swimsuit issue. (Psst: If you don't want to bother with this, try http://www.bikini.com.) Around the Web: The Southern Section has its playoff brackets for all winter sports winter sports: see bobsledding; curling; hockey, ice; ice dancing; ice skating; skiing; snowshoes; tobogganing. on a site sponsored by Springacre Software (http://www.springacre.com/cif-ss) that also includes league standings. Volunteer scorekeepers are being recruited to help with the spring sports season. . . . Surfing the greens: The 1998 U.S. Senior Open, scheduled for July 20-26 at Riviera Country Club The Riviera Country Club is a country club with a championship golf course. It is located in Pacific Palisades, California, within the city limits of Los Angeles, California. The country club opened in 1926, with George C. Thomas, Jr. as the course architect. , launched a Web site at http://www.ussenioropen98.com. Information includes daily schedules, leaderboards, player biographies, ticket information (and purchase capabilities), course history and volunteer information. . . . Front-seat opportunities: Those who hopped onto The Nashville Network's Web site (www.country.com) were able to see Sunday's Goodwrench 400 NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. race through live audio and video feeds, plus perspectives from the cars of Todd Bodine Todd Bodine (born February 27, 1964 in Chemung, New York) is a stock car racer. Todd is the younger brother of former racers Geoff Bodine and Brett Bodine. Bodine won the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship while driving the #30 Lumber Liquidators/Germain Toyota. , Ricky Craven Ricky Craven is a NASCAR driver. He last drove in the NEXTEL Cup in 2004 and raced in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2005. He does not have a racing job at this time. He is currently a NASCAR analyst for Yahoo! Sports. , Bobby Labonte and Mark Martin. . . . Woods scores: Tiger Woods has signed away his worldwide interactive entertainment license rights to Electronic Arts, which plans to release a Tiger Woods golf game for the P.C. and PlayStation this summer. |
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