Company: SportsPrize Entertainment Inc.
Exchange/Symbol: OTCBB:JOCK
52 week High/Low: $9.19/$1.63
Shares Outstanding: 19.5 Million
Last Close : $3.09
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Company Press Release
Boomer Esiason Joins the SportsPrize Advisory Board; SportsPrize Also
Announces Super Bowl Trip Sweepstakes Promotion
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- SportsPrize Entertainment Inc. (OTC
Bulletin Board: JOCK - news), a sports-based entertainment and e-commerce
Internet company, announced today that Boomer Esiason, ABC Sports
commentator and former NFL quarterback, has joined its Sports Advisory
Board. As part of the agreement, Mr. Esiason will contribute sports-related
content to the SportsPrize.com(TM) Web site, help promote the Company and
participate in the Prizes Money Can't Buy Program(SM). SportsPrize will
support and promote the Boomer Esiason Foundation for Cystic Fibrosis.
To kick-off their new relationship, SportsPrize recently launched its ``Win
a Trip to Super Bowl XXXIV Sweepstakes'. The Winner of the Sweepstakes
will receive two free tickets and a free trip to Super Bowl XXXIV in
Atlanta, which will include a meeting with Mr. Esiason. To be eligible for
the Sweepstakes, Internet users must become Registered Members of
SportsPrize.com(TM) by signing up on the SportsPrize Web site prior to
January 23, 2000. Membership on the SportsPrize.com(TM) Web site is free.
SportsPrize also recently commenced a joint promotion with Boomer Esiason
on the Oldsmobile Web site. Mr. Esiason is promoting the SportsPrize Win a
Trip to the Super Bowl Sweepstakes and is participating in a January
test-drive promotion for Oldsmobile, in which he is providing autographed
footballs to qualified Oldsmobile test drivers. SportsPrize.com(TM), its
Super Bowl XXXIV Trip Sweepstakes and the Oldsmobile promotion will be
supported through television, radio and Internet advertisements.
Bruce Cameron, President of SportsPrize, said, ``Our relationship with
Boomer Esiason, the Super Bowl Trip Sweepstakes, and the Oldsmobile
promotion are excellent opportunities to roll out SportsPrize.com(TM) and
our Tournament 2000(SM) to the public. The meeting with Boomer at the Super
Bowl in Atlanta is the first of many opportunities that SportsPrize.com(TM)
Registered Members will have a chance to spend time with a sports legend.'
During 2000, SportsPrize will offer its Registered Members a chance to win
over $1.5 million in cash and prizes, culminating in the $1,000,000 Annual
Grand Prize. Additionally, the Company will offer its Members
once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to meet sports superstars through its
Prizes Money Can't Buy(SM) program.
About SportsPrize Entertainment Inc.
SportsPrize Entertainment is an Internet company that has developed a
sports-based entertainment, information and e-commerce Web site,
SportsPrize.com(TM). The Company leverages the power of sports
entertainment with unique content, innovative marketing and compelling
e-commerce. The SportsPrize Tournament 2000(SM) is a featured attraction on
the site. The Tournament is a proprietary interactive game designed to
challenge and reward sports enthusiasts as well as sports novices in a
broad range of sports. SportsPrize offers a wide variety of prizes to the
winning participants, culminating in an Annual Grand Prize of $1,000,000.
Membership is free. Interactive links that enable SportsPrize Members to
view live sports news, check for up-to-date sports scores and communicate
via chat rooms and message boards, have been developed to capture the
attention of the SportsPrize audience. The Company also operates an
e-commerce store with over 14,000 sports products and
expects to launch an auction site in the first quarter of 2000. With
prominent Internet and sports partners, SportsPrize plans to build a loyal
community of repeat visitors to the Company's Web site, and intends on
becoming one of the most exciting sports destinations on the Internet.
Corporate information about SportsPrize Entertainment is available at
www.sportsprize.com .
This press release contains forward-looking statements covered within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward looking statements, including terminology such as ``will,' ``plans
to' and ``intends on' are subject to risks and uncertainties, including,
but not limited to, the impact of competitive products, product demand and
market acceptance, new product development, reliance on key strategic
alliances, fluctuations in operating results, as well as other risks,
detailed in the Company's Form 10 filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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