FOXSports.com Gives Sports Fans an "All-Access" Pass for a Behind-The-Scenes Look At FOX Sports.NEW YORK--(BW SportsWire)--July 13, 1999-- FOX Sports Online (foxsports.com), the fastest growing sports Web site, provides sports fans with a backstage pass A backstage pass is an employee pass which allows its bearer access to employees-only areas at a performance venue. They are most commonly associated with rock music groups. to go behind-the-scenes of FOX sporting events. All-Access, an insider's view of how broadcasts are built each week, begins with the production of the MLB MLB Major League Baseball MLB Minor League Baseball MLB Middle Linebacker (football) MLB Motor Life Boat MLB Matt Leblanc (actor) MLB Mother Love Bone (band) All-Star game An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league. The players are often chosen by a popular vote of fans of the sport and the game often occurs at the halfway point of the regular season, although this is not the case for some all-star games and continues through the baseball season with Saturday MLB Games of the Week. Fans craving an inside look should log on to the All-Access section at http://foxsports.com/allaccess. FOX All-Access game day features include Webcasts of rehearsal in the FOX studio, live updates of the studio rundown and the chance to listen to what takes place in the control room during a game. This special section also has an extensive library of audio and video, with outtakes from many of the most popular FOX Sports shows such as "In the Zone" and "FOX Saturday Baseball." Fans of Keith Olbermann, host of the FOX Saturday Baseball pre-game show, can see what he and his producers consider for upcoming shows. Sports fans can also catch sneak peaks of the FOX pre-game show before they air and see clips of exclusive interviews before they appear on FOX. In addition, there are baseball managers game's notes, "PsychoCam," a Saturday feature that has Web cameras following Steve Lyons, aka Psycho, and notes from FOX Sports executive producer, Ed Goren, on the overall business of FOX sports television. "FOXSports.com takes users behind-the-scenes to see and hear sports information they never have before, and get the inside track on what the FOX pros are thinking heading into a game," said Danny Greenberg, vice president of FOX Sports Online. "We bring sports fans inside by offering content that no other broadcaster gives their viewers, for a complete FOX Sports media experience, on the Internet and on-air." Launched this week, All-Access features exclusive reports of the All-Star game from the FOX Sports compound at Fenway, video of the destruction of the NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there on FOX set and previews of the NFL on FOX NFL on FOX is the brand name of the Fox Broadcasting Company's coverage of the National Football League's National Football Conference games, produced by Fox Sports. Game coverage is usually preceded by the pre-game show FOX NFL Sunday. . Fans get an inside look at the production of "teasers" for both the All-Star game and the NFL on FOX, which includes claymations of Howie Long, Terry Bradshaw, James Brown and Cris Collinsworth. All-Access is accessible when users register for free admission on the site. Registered users receive a daily email from FOXSports.com informing them of television listings for time and station of games that day, as well as what's new on All-Access. Members also have access to a camera set up to Webcast pre-game activities such as batting practice. FOX Sports Online, a division of News Corporation's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : NWS NWS National Weather Service NWS Naval Weapons Station NWS New World Symphony NWS Nuclear Weapon State NWS Not Work Safe NWS National Watercolor Society NWS North Warning System NWS Nose Wheel Steering NWS National Waste Strategy (UK) ) News America Digital Publishing, is the fastest growing sports site and premiere destination on the Web for up-to-the minute stats, news and scores for local and regional activity in the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga , NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= , MLB, NHL, soccer, auto racing, major college football, basketball, and baseball, as well as golf, tennis and world sports. |
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