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Fantasy Football Players Can Manage and Track Their Players Wherever They Go on Their Sprint Mobile Phone.


Sprint Powers Fastest Delivery of Player Information That Fantasy Football Fantasy football can refer to:
  • Fantasy football (American)
  • Fantasy football (soccer)
  • Fantasy football (board games)
  • Fantasy Football League
  • Fantasy Football (Australian Rules)
 Players Need to Stay Ahead of the Competition

OVERLAND PARK Overland Park, city (1990 pop. 111,790), Johnson co., NE Kans., a residential suburb of Kansas City; inc. 1960. There is printing and publishing, and the manufacture of apparel, aircraft parts, cement, prepared foods, salt, chemicals, marine accessories, and signs. , Kan Kan, river, China: see Gan. . -- Fantasy football players can now manage and follow their teams on the go. And only Sprint (NYSE NYSE

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:S) has the power to wirelessly offer the player and statistical information fantasy players crave - as the action unfolds. With real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example.  statistics, text alerts with official NFL NFL
abbr.
National Football League

NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga
 injury reports and scoring, the ability to manage their team when away from their desktop, and other relevant updates, fantasy players get more information and get it faster from Sprint.

In addition to NFL Mobile and NFL.com Fantasy Companion from Sprint - both exclusive to Sprint customers - several additional made-for-mobile applications are now available providing the ideal and customizable companion for today's fanatical fa·nat·i·cal  
adj.
Possessed with or motivated by excessive, irrational zeal.



fa·nati·cal·ly adv.
 fantasy football players.

NFL Mobile from Sprint, a groundbreaking innovation in mobile sports entertainment Sports entertainment is a type of of entertainment that takes the form of a sporting event, but with more emphasis on dramatic storylines, humor, spectacle or titillation than on a contest of athletic skills. , is customizable to a fantasy football player's roster or for specific teams. With information updated within two seconds of game action via NFL Mobile, fantasy football players can get the fastest wireless delivery of NFL information by choosing to receive text alerts that will be sent to their Sprint phone every time a player on their team scores. Only Sprint customers can claim bragging rights when it comes to being first to know with real-time NFL player stats and scores. In addition, only Sprint can deliver a comprehensive package of exclusive NFL video and audio highlights available at the touch of a button.

NFL Mobile from Sprint can be downloaded by texting NFL to 7777 or via the Vision or Power Vision home deck. NFL Mobile is free to Sprint PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1.  Vision[R] and Sprint Power Vision(SM) subscribers, with select phones.

In addition to NFL Mobile, Sprint customers can choose from any of the following applications to help manage their fantasy teams. Some applications may be available on select Sprint or Nextel (Nextel Communications, Inc., Reston, VA, www.nextel.com) A wireless communications carrier founded in New Jersey in 1987 as Fleet Call, a two-way radio service. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, the company acquired a large number of SMR (Specialized Mobile Radio) operators and turned  phones, using the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network and the Sprint Power Vision Network, or the Nextel National Network.
-- NFL.com Fantasy Companion - Exclusive to Sprint customers this
   Java-based application powered by Hands-On Mobile, allows users
   that play fantasy football on NFL.com to manage their team and
   access their team and league information wirelessly from their
   Sprint phone - just like they would from their desktop computer.
   NFL.com Fantasy Companion costs $3.99 per month.

-- Fantasy Football Starters - Regardless of which site you use to
   play fantasy football, Fantasy Football Starters, a WAP (Wireless
   Application Protocol) site powered by Ready-Set-Go Fantasy Sports,
   allows users to analyze their fantasy football team's roster,
   predict statistics for an upcoming game, predict fantasy points
   based on scoring system and provide recommendations on which
   players to start or bench for the upcoming week. Fantasy Football
   Starters costs $4.99 per month.

-- Fantasy Football Companion by CBS SportsLine - A Java-based
   application powered by Hands-On Mobile, Fantasy Football Companion
   by CBS SportsLine allows users that play fantasy football on
   CBSSportsline.com to manage their team and access their team and
   league information wirelessly from their Sprint phone. It costs
   $3.99 per month.

-- Fantasy Sports Edge (FSE) - From GoTV Networks, is the ultimate in
   fantasy sports. Users can tune in anytime to view the latest video
   highlights, team-by-team breakdowns, draft tips, and daily trade
   and rumor reports, as well as get commentary and updates from
   leading fantasy sports resources Rotowire.com and Sporting News
   Radio. In addition, users can customize and track up to three
   teams per sport - up to four leagues - with the "My Lineup"
   feature. FSE can be purchased for $5.99 per month through the
   "Applications" and "Media Player" menus. To gain access to FSE,
   fantasy sports enthusiasts can text "FSE" to 44688 or visit
   www.gotvsports.com.


About Sprint Sports Content

Sprint continually con·tin·u·al  
adj.
1. Recurring regularly or frequently: the continual need to pay the mortgage.

2.
 produces wireless data services that are first, better and unique - and the company's sports offerings are a distinct example of this leadership. Sprint's sponsorship of NASCAR's premier series, the NEXTEL Cup The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series is NASCAR's top racing series. It was formerly known as the Strictly Stock Series (1949), Grand National Series (1950-1971), and the Winston Cup Series (1972-2003). , and the National Football League yield compelling and exciting content for Sprint customers, such as:
-- NFL Mobile, which provides:

   -- Exclusive mobile access to NFL video and audio game highlights;

   -- A live stream of NFL Network and exclusive mobile access to NFL
      Films;

   -- Real-time Gamecenter, providing up-to-the-minute details for
      every player and every game.

-- A variety of NASCAR NEXTEL Cup mobile exclusives, including:

   -- NEXTEL FanScan, which provides in-car team communication during
      each NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series(TM) race via Sprint Nextel phones;

   -- Driver ringers, call tones, screen savers and telecards which
      enable fans to personalize their phones with content from their
      favorite NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series drivers.


About Sprint Nextel Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. With 55 million subscribers, Sprint Nextel operates the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States (based on total wireless customers), behind

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of communications services bringing mobility to consumer, business and government customers. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two robust wireless networks offering industry leading mobile data services; instant national and international walkie-talkie capabilities; and an award-winning and global Tier 1 Internet backbone (communications, networking) Internet backbone - High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic.

These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges.
. For more information, visit www.sprint.com.
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