ESPN and GO Network to Distribute SportsFigures Educational Tapes to All U.S. High Schools Part of Cable in the Classroom's 10th Anniversary Celebration.WASHINGTON, D.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 1999--ESPN, through sponsorship from Infoseek's GO Network, will distribute its award-winning high school math and physics education series, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network 2's SportsFigures, to all 18,000 public and private U.S. high schools, it was announced today by ESPN President George Bodenheimer George Bodenheimer is the current president of ESPN Inc. and of ESPN on ABC. He has been president of ESPN since November 19, 1998 and of ESPN on ABC since March 3, 2003. Since he has been president of ESPN, he has launched: ESPNHD, ESPN2HD, ESPN Plus, ESPN PPV, ESPN360, ESPN and Infoseek President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Harry Motro. The initiative, part of the industry-wide Cable in the Classroom 10th anniversary celebration, will begin today with a presentation to students from Ballou High School Ballou Senior High School is a public school located in Washington, D.C., United States. Ballou is a part of the District of Columbia Public Schools. The current principal is Karen D. Smith. at a press conference at the United States Capitol “Capitol Hill” redirects here. For other uses, see Capitol Hill (disambiguation). The United States Capitol is the capitol building that serves as the seat of government for the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. in Washington, D.C. Ballou represents the first high school to receive all seven 1998-99 episodes and the corresponding lesson plan. Senator Trent Lott, Jamal Anderson This article is about the former Falcons running back. For the current Falcons defensive end, see Jamaal Anderson. Jamal Sharif Anderson (born September 30, 1972 in East Orange, New Jersey) is a former running back in the National Football League, with the of the Atlanta Falcons Oates initially did not have much hope of an NHL career, until Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute offered him a scholarship. of the Washington Capitals The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C.. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). and ESPN's Bob Ley Bob Ley (born March 16, 1955 in Newark, New Jersey) is a sportscaster for the ESPN cable-TV network. Ley had his start in broadcasting at WSOU at Seton Hall University. He graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. , Robin Roberts Robin Roberts can refer to a number of different people:
"ESPN, with the sponsorship of GO Network, is providing every high school in America with a creative and fun way for students to learn," Bodenheimer said. "This ambitious project is yet another example of the cable industry's continuing contributions to the education of our youth and a meaningful way to celebrate Cable in the Classroom's 10th anniversary." Motro added: "The SportsFigures program is an important commitment to educational programming and to the support of our schools. GO Network's contribution is to extend the value of the curriculum by providing easy access to the wealth of educational resources on the Web, and allow students and teachers to interact with the material in a way that only the Internet can offer." As part of the sponsorship, GO Network will launch valuable resources on the Internet, at www.Go.com, to give students and educators quick access to the ESPN.com SportsFigures site and to the wealth of educational information and tools available on the Web. ESPN.com's SportsFigures site will enhance the programming and curriculum with weekly contests and areas for teacher/student feedback and to order videos. Internet content will be available starting this summer. SportsFigures, which teaches high school students math and physics through sports, is presented commercial-free each week on ESPN2 Mondays at 5:30 a.m. ET. Designed as a teaching tool to be taped by high school teachers (grades 9-12), the series explores a variety of math and physics concepts in the world of sports and uses celebrity athletes who volunteer to help explain the relationships. -0-
SAMPLE SPORTSFIGURES SEGMENTS (sent to all U.S. high schools)
NAPOLEON KAUFMAN (NFL RUNNING BACK) -- "Running With Momentum"
How can a smaller running back generate enough momentum?
-- Subjects taught: Conservation of Momentum, Force Vectors
NAPOLEON KAUFMAN (NFL RUNNING BACK) -- "Running With Impulse"
How can relaxing take the sting out of getting tackled?
-- Subjects taught: Impulse, Momentum, Newton's Second Law
JEFF GORDON (NASCAR DRIVER) -- "That Mu You Do"
How does friction work for and against a race car?
-- Subject taught: Coefficient of Friction
DEREK JETER (MLB SHORTSTOP) -- "The Sounds of Summer"
How can a fan watching on television hear the crack of the bat
before a fan in the stadium?
-- Subjects taught: Speed of Sound, Speed of Light
BRAD FAXON (PGA GOLFER) -- "In Golf Gravitas"
How can topography help a golfer putt?
-- Subjects taught: Topography, Contour Lines
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ADDITIONAL SERIES DETAIL Each SportsFigures program on ESPN2 includes comments from a related professional in the field of the subject studied. For example, in the golf segment, a landscape architect discusses the design of golf courses. The shows were shot on location at venues ranging from Yankee Stadium to Charlotte Motor Speedway to the mountains in Utah. As a supplement to the television episodes, ESPN2 offer a SportsFigures curriculum guide, which includes lesson plans and student activity sheets. Additional copies of the videos/curriculum guide are available on the Internet at ESPN.com. The series, which is being produced by Highland Productions (A. Dean Bell and Holly Faison) in cooperation with ESPN2, features a variety of different hosts. SPORTSFIGURES HISTORY ESPN2 premiered SportsFigures in the fall of 1995. Athletes that have appeared on the series to date have included Tiger Woods, Juwan Howard, Julie Foudy, Dan O'Brien, Ruthie Bolton-Holifield, John McEnroe, Chipper Jones, Mike Richter, and Steve Young, who shared the following thoughts: "I think it's a spectacular opportunity for young kids to learn...if we can interest kids in some of the basic skills of math, science and other basic fundamental skills in the educational process through sports, then I think it's a spectacular opportunity." The program, endorsed by the national math organization, Mu Alpha Theta Mu Alpha Theta (ΜΑΘ = math) is a United States mathematics honor society for high schools and two-year colleges. It has over 75,000 student members in more than 1,500 schools worldwide. , was recognized in 1996 by the Cable Television Public Affairs Association with a Beacon Award for Customer Relations and in 1997 and 1998 with a Parents' Choice Award. The program was recently recognized with two Telly Awards, given for quality television production (Derek Jeter segment). INFOSEEK AND GO NETWORK Infoseek Corporation (Nasdaq: SEEK) provides a premier global media network enriching people's daily lives by combining integrated Internet services with leading consumer brands. In January 1999, Infoseek, in partnership with The Walt Disney Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : DIS), launched GO Network, a major Internet portal designed to connect people with the things they care about most. GO Network users can have confidence in the content and quality of leading world brands that represent the most popular activities on the Internet. Such brands include ESPN.com for sports, ABCNEWS.com for news, Disney.com and Family.com for kids and family, Infoseek for search, and Disney.com and ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. .com for entertainment. CABLE IN THE CLASSROOM Cable in the Classroom is a non-profit service of the cable industry, which is supported by 41 national cable networks and more than 8,500 cable companies, that provides schools with more than $2 million of educational resources per week. The networks and local cable companies act as a partner in learning with teachers and parents by providing a free cable connection and more than 540 hours per month of commercial-free educational programming to schools across the country. In addition to ESPN2's SportsFigures, ESPN presents a weekly, commercial-free episode of SSA (Serial Storage Architecture) A fault tolerant peripheral interface from IBM that transfers data at 80 and 160 Mbytes/sec. SSA uses SCSI commands, allowing existing software to drive SSA peripherals, which are typically disk drives. (Scholastic Sports America), as part of Cable in the Classroom. ESPN Based in Bristol, Conn., ESPN, Inc., The Worldwide Leader In Sports, is 80 percent owned by ABC, Inc., which is an indirect subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. The Hearst Corporation holds a 20 percent interest in ESPN. ESPN, Inc. includes four domestic television networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, ESPNEWS), ESPN International (20 international networks), ESPN Radio, ESPN.com, ESPN The Magazine ESPN The Magazine is a bi-weekly sports magazine published by the ESPN sports network in New Britain, CT in the United States. The first issue was published on March 11, 1998. , ESPN Regional Television, SportsTicker, and ESPN Enterprises, overseeing brand extensions such as ESPN Zone, pay subscription packages, consumer products and ESPN - The Store. |
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