CYBERSPORTS : HOW TO KEEP TRACK OF THE REST OF THE FIELD.Byline: - Tom Hoffarth We're still jonesing for Marion Jones Internet updates since she had to hit the eject button from the World Track and Field Championships. A new site started by NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. (www.NBCOlympics.com) that debuted during the just-finished meet should be the starting point for Olympic-minded infoseekers leading up to the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia. Jones herself doesn't have a personal site - yet - but other places to find info about the former Thousand Oaks High star are at the Lycos' Top 5 percent-voted IAAF IAAF abbr. International Amateur Athletic Federation official site (www.iaaf.org), the U.S. Olympic Committee site (www.olympic-usa.org) or on-line magazines such as Sports for Women's newly revamped site (www.justwomen.com) or online versions of magazines such as Amy Love's Real Sports (www.real-sports.com). The official site of the U.S. Open tennis tournament (www.usopen.org), sponsored by IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and the USTA USTA United States Tennis Association USTA United States Telecom Association USTA United States Trotting Association USTA United States Telephone Association USTA United States Twirling Association USTA United States Trademark Association , starts its third year with much of the same places to go and see, such as the NetCam (that begins showing photos from today's first-round action), the Slam Cam (three remote cameras with views of Arthur Ashe Stadium Arthur Ashe Stadium, located in Flushing Meadows Park, is the main tennis stadium of the U.S. Open, the last of each year's four Grand Slam tournaments. The stadium is also where the annual Arthur Ashe Kids Day takes place. , plus Stadiums 2 and 3), a live audio or video broadcast and regular chats (from noon to 5 p.m. PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT ). The latest face-lift at ESPN's site (www.espn.go.com. will be revealed within the next two weeks to coincide with the start of the NFL season. One addition will be Soccernet, the world's most popular football (their term for soccer, not ours) Internet destination. Buena Vista Internet Group bought a 60 percent share of Soccernet.com. CNN-SI's site has added an area that includes all historical professional baseball stats (www.cnnsi.com/baseball/mlb) from 1876 to the present. |
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