CYBERSPORT.A market for Bulls, Bears and Lakers See Lake poets Kobe Bryant's stock has really risen in the past few weeks. And it's gotten expensive, too. Anyone who goofs around on the Wall Street Sports site, where investing in an athlete's future takes on an entirely new and twisted meaning, knows all about Bryant's ``worth'' these days. Launched about a year ago, the Wall Street Sports site has become one of the busiest places on the Web for those who can't get enough wheeling and dealing wheeling and dealing Noun shrewd and sometimes unscrupulous moves made in order to advance one's own interests wheeler-dealer n from the real stock market. In one way, it's like having a Rotisserie team. You predict how an athlete in baseball, football, basketball, hockey or golf is going to perform for the season. You register on the site, are given $1 million cyberbucks and compete against other ``investors'' based on the performance of your cyberportfolio. Athletes are assigned four-letter symbols - Bryant is BRYA, Mike Piazza Michael Joseph Piazza (born September 4, 1968 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is an American Major League Baseball player who currently plays for the Oakland Athletics. He began his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers and played for the Florida Marlins, New York Mets, San Diego Padres is PIAZ - and a ticker on the home page continuously gives the daily read on how everyone's doing. Bryant opened Sunday at $75.94 a share, up from $56.28 just six days ago. At one point, a share could have been had for $8.72. By comparison, Michael Jordan's stock is $322.81 a share and stays pretty even. But one trick seems to be to buy the athletes in the offseason, then sell them when they're hot during the season. Jordan stock went for as low as 51.78 a share in June, '97, before shooting up to $321.12 as of December 1. With Barry Sanders Barry Sanders (born July 16, 1968) is a Hall of Fame and Heisman Trophy winning American football running back who spent his entire professional career with the Detroit Lions of the NFL. closing in on 2,000 yards, SSANB ($188.72) had gone up 28.70 in just seven days and 10.50 since Friday. But reading the investment newsletter, ``analysts'' predict his stock will plummet once the season ends and his team is long forgotten in playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. land. (Psst: Got some Jerry Rice Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962 in Crawford, Mississippi) is a former football wide receiver in the NFL. Rice is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in NFL history, consistently showing exceptional performance and strong work ethic on and off of the field. stock here for a real bargain.) The game has its rewards - like signed memorabilia, jackets, golf clubs and the like for winners in weekly, quarterly and yearly performances. And it's all free to play. For now. So while Shaquille O'Neal Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (pronounced "shak-KEEL") (born March 6, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey), frequently referred to simply as Shaq, is an American professional basketball player, generally regarded as one of the most dominant in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Inc. makes real cash in the real world, he probably doesn't care that his athletic stock in the cyberworld is taking a beating. Would you? CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Wall Street Sports http://www.wallstreetsports.com |
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