CYBERSPORTS GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR SEHORN NOW.Byline: - Tom Hoffarth In the latest gimmick to try to boost traffic to the official Super Bowl site during the game, site creator SportsLine.com has worked out a deal by which fans can vote for the game's MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. - and it'll actually count in the final decision. A select group of media members usually make the choice, but this year, the 15 who do it will have their votes account for 80 percent of the total. The other 20 percent will come from online voting at www.superbowl.com. Votes can be cast from at halftime until the last minutes of the game. Meanwhile, a riveting riv·et·ing adj. Wholly absorbing or engrossing one's attention; fascinating: The last chapter was so riveting that I was reading past midnight. poll currently on the site poses this unusual question: Which team will win? There are only two choices. Slighly more than half of the 75,000 votes so far side with the Giants. For those who are sure, the site also allows you to pre-order Giants or Ravens Super Bowl champion hats and T-shirts. Later this week, the site will add a four-night Webcast series called SuperBowl.com TV (4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday), with live interviews and coverage of press conferences and other circus events around the game. --At $2.4 million a half-minute, it's no surprise that Super Bowl commercials have taken on a life of their own. Their presence on the Web is equally nonshocking. On www.adcritic.com, a Super Bowl survey will take place Sunday of your picks for the best ad. A list of the ads that ran last year and their rankings with links is also on the site. A similar survey site is at www.SuperBowl-Ads.com. Last year, 17 dot-coms and Web companies bought a Super Bowl ad. This year, just three - Monster.com, HotJobs.com and E-Trade - are participating on the CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. telecast. --A site that claims to have tickets for the game, www.SuperBowlTix.com, won't be offering them cheap. So far, upper-level-section, corner-of-the-end-zone tickets at Tampa Stadium Tampa Bay Buccaneers • • [ are priced at $2,100. Top tickets - club level section between the 35 and 50 - go for $5,500. There's also a $750 price on admission to either the official NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga tailgate party In North America, a tailgate party is a social event held on and around the open tailgate of a vehicle. Tailgating often involves alcoholic beverages and barbecuing. Tailgate parties usually occur in the parking lots at stadiums and arenas before, and occasionally after or during, or the black-tie formal commissioner's bash. The site is run by Pro Performance Corporate Services Activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners. , Inc., a privately owned ticket service in Stamford, Conn. |
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