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EA SPORTS Fantasy Football Edges the Competition With Exclusive Team Management Features; Players Can Get a Glimpse of 2006 Season With EA SPORTS Edge.


REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif. -- EA SPORTS(TM) Fantasy Football Fantasy football can refer to:
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), today launched its third season giving team owners the EA SPORTS(TM) Edge to optimize their lineups and offers fantasy updates in Madden NFL Madden NFL is an American football video game series developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon for EA Sports. The game is named after Pro Football Hall of Famer John Madden, a well-known color commentator for NBC Sports and formerly a successful Super Bowl-winning coach during  07.

EA SPORTS Fantasy Football gives fans the desired level of team management capabilities, player insights and enhanced must-have fantasy features such as real-time scoring, professional analysis, online drafts, injury reports, trades, email updates and more. Players of the newest EA SPORTS franchise, NFL Head Coach
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NFL Head Coach is an American football video game which was first sold on June 20, 2006. Touted by publisher EA Sports as the first true 3D sports strategy game, it features former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach
, can test their knowledge of player personnel and talent evaluation with an EA SPORTS Fantasy Football Commissioner account included in the game's packaging.

"For fantasy football players, EA SPORTS Fantasy Football delivers the most innovative experience on the web, one that no other site can offer" said Chip Lange, Vice President, North American North American

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 Publishing Online Commerce, EA SPORTS. "EA SPORTS continues its evolution in offering players an immersive online service, with these exclusive features -- The EA SPORTS Edge, Weekly Scramble, and Madden Integration."

EA SPORTS Fantasy Football Features:

--EA SPORTS Edge: Decide which player to start with EA SPORTS Edge -- a sliding analyzer tool to optimize a team's lineup.

--Madden NFL NFL
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 07: Check fantasy scores, get trade notifications and earn trophies in Madden NFL 07 -- the only video game to offer fantasy capabilities.

--The WarmUp: Discover the lighter side of fantasy football with The WarmUp -- a fun take on your favorite NFL players and community happenings for football fanatics.

Prizes(1):

--EA SPORTS(TM) MADDEN NFL(TM) FOOTBALL Standard Cabinet: The top overall scoring team owner will have to make room for this huge prize, all the action and excitement of the #1 selling sports videogame on a 29" hi-res monitor inside a 79.5" tall cabinet.

--EA Video Games See video game console. : Each league winner (all team owners eligible) will receive an EA game for the Xbox -- the official video game platform for EA SPORTS Fantasy Football.

--Autographed Footballs: Your favorite professional players signed footballs.

Mini-games:

--Weekly Pick 'Em Game(1): Players have an additional shot at fantasy glory each week with exclusive prizes in a simple game of picking weekly winners.

--Weekly Scramble: Compete in the Weekly Scramble for the ultimate bragging rights by answering questions about top performers in this football trivia game.

(1) See http://www.easports.com/fantasy/home.jsp for complete contest rules.

EA SPORTS Fantasy Football fans can start forming leagues at www.easports.com/fantasy. The commissioner's cost for this innovative league is $49.99, and each team owner pays $9.99. Madden NFL 07 ships in August 2006. NFL Head Coach is in stores now.

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County. As of the 2005 census, the city had a total population of 76,000. , is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for videogame systems, personal computers and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS(TM), EA(TM), EA SPORTS BIG(TM) and POGO(TM). In fiscal 2006, EA posted revenue of $2.95 billion and had 27 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.

Electronic Arts, EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG, and POGO are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. NFL Team names/logos are trademarks of the teams indicated. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. Officially licensed product of PLAYERS INC. www.nflplayers.com. The mark "John Madden" on this product is a trademark or other intellectual property of Red Bear, Inc. or John Madden, and is subject to license to Electronic Arts Inc., and may not be otherwise used in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Red Bear or John Madden. Microsoft and Xbox are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, . All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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