CYBERSPORTS A SITE THAT REALLY WORKS AGAINST BURK.

Byline: - Tom Hoffarth

Martha Burk's publicity seeking National Council of Women's Organizations has cranked up a Web site hoping to vilify corporations whose CEOs belong to the anti-female Augusta National Golf Club. And she's achieved her goal - a lot of folks are paying attention.

But thanks to her, another nonprofit organization has decided to start a Web site to focus on a cause.

A real cause, that is.

At golfersforarealcause.org, the mission statement on the home page is clear: They are committed to raising money and public awareness to help fight the battle against breast cancer - and divert attention from Burk.

``(NCWO) has set out with an agenda to try and bully, threaten and intimidate Augusta National ... with a public campaign designed to use the media and economic pressures to achieve this goal. (Our site) has decided to level the playing field in this ridiculous fight by standing up for Augusta National, their members and their constitutional rights.''

Ron Pontiff, the president and spokesperson for Golfers For A Real Cause, Inc., in New Bern, N.C., has set up a petition on www.petitionline.com to support Augusta and already has more than 2,500 signatures. He also has links to other anti-Burk sites such as www.theburkstopshere.com and www.ittakesballs.com.

Meanwhile, Pontiff's group accepts donations to help fight breast cancer through a PayPal link.

--A special-made Santa suit Shaquille O'Neal wore for a TV commercial shoot with ABC Sports to promote Wednesday's Lakers-Sacramento telecast goes up for auction on both ABCauctions.com and NBA.com starting today. The minimum bid is $2,000.

Proceeds go to the Odessa Chambliss Quality of Life Fund, a charity O'Neal selected.

--Chicago Bulls forward Tyson Chandler has told the Chicago Sun-Times he has threatened to sue a man who is running a Web site called, of all things, tysonchandler.com.

``There are a lot of kids who come up to me and ask why I don't e-mail them back,'' Chandler said. ``It frustrates me and makes me mad because I like to talk to kids. It's messing up my image.''

Steve Werby, who said he has run the site for four years, told the newspaper the former Dominguez High of Compton star never has contacted him. Werby has even added the Sun-Times article to his link of recent news stories about the Bulls' second-year player.

--According to an ESPN Sports Poll, nearly 85 percent of 6,808 responded yes to a question asking whether they used the Internet or World Wide Web. Of that group, 22.5 percent said they spend 11-plus hours a week in cyberspace.