NEW YORK, N.Y. -- December 31, 1998 – The National Football League (NFL) and Lycos, Inc. (NASDAQ: LCOS), the second most visited hub on the Internet and the world’s largest online community, today announced that they have jointly designed and built the official Web site for Super Bowl XXXIII. Superbowl.com, which is now available, is expected to attract many of the 160 million football fans in the United States and millions more throughout the world and features interactive, up-to-date content on the game, the players and the stories behind the premier sporting event of the year. The site, located at http://www.superbowl.com, is the only NFL-sanctioned Super Bowl Web site.

As part of this first-of-a-kind alliance, Lycos will be featured in television programming leading up to the Super Bowl including the NFL’s "Under the Helmet" (airs at 2 pm EST on Saturday, January 30 on Fox TV) and the "NFL All-Star Comedy Blitz" (airs at 8 pm EST on Saturday, January 30 on CBS TV). Lycos advertising will run during the "Road to the Super Bowl" show (airs at 5 pm EST on Saturday January 30 on Fox TV) and a Lycos ad will be included in the official Super Bowl XXXIII program. Additional TV advertising will promote the official Super Bowl site on CBS, ABC and Fox throughout the playoffs.

Lycos will sell advertising sponsorships on the Superbowl.com site and the resulting revenues will be shared with the NFL.

"Lycos is the natural choice to bring Superbowl.com to life. This is a great example of two leaders in their fields joining together," notes Ann Kirschner, vice president of NFL Interactive. "Lycos reaches more than 45 percent of the online audience in the U.S. and the NFL is the most popular sport in the country. Lycos’ technology and content have helped make the official Super Bowl site extremely easy to navigate, informative and fun for fans of the NFL."

The Superbowl.com site will include:

• Dozens of live chats with star NFL players, coaches and analysts
• Interactive fan areas including chat rooms, message boards and instant polling
• Video and audio files of current match-ups and the previous 32 Super Bowl games
• Free fan homepage building using Lycos’ easy-to-use homepage builder
• Lycos’ fast and easy search technology that help users find existing fan homepages
• Super Bowl and NFL trivia
• Up-to-date information on all the playoff teams, coaches, players and playoff results
• Searchable football image gallery including pictures of favorite NFL stars in action
• Official NFL and Super Bowl XXXIII merchandise
• Wired Digital’s "Animation Express" functionality
• Travel and CityGuide info on Miami and ProPlayer Stadium, site of Super Bowl XXXIII
• Online sweepstakes for a free trip for two to Super Bowl XXXIV in Atlanta, GA in January 2000, plus thousands of instant win prizes including NFL and Lycos merchandise
• Free downloadable NFL and Super Bowl theme collectibles, NFL/Lycos ThingScreenSaver and games from ThingWorld.com
• Football related merchandise from Barnes & Noble, CDNow, Just Balls, NetMarket, American Greetings and AuctionConnect

"We’re incredibly pleased to host the official Super Bowl Web site, the premier event-oriented Web site online today," said Jan Robert Horsfall, vice president of Marketing for Lycos, Inc. "The site is a tremendous resource for all football fans who want to track the progress of their favorite teams and players as they battle for the ultimate championship in professional sports. More than 133 million viewed last year’s game on television in the U.S. alone, and millions logged onto Superbowl.com during the weeks preceding the game and immediately thereafter."

Lycos will also be present at the NFL Experience, the league’s interactive theme park in South Florida during the week prior to the Super Bowl. Lycos will provide free access to the Web for fans to check out the Superbowl.com site on-the-spot. Additionally, Lycos will offer free e-mail accounts to fans in attendance so they can send e-mail greetings to family, friends and co-workers who could not attend the Super Bowl.

About Lycos, Inc. - Founded in 1995, Lycos, Inc. (NASDAQ: LCOS) is a leading Web media company and owner of the Lycos Network, the second most visited hub on the Internet reaching 45.2 percent of all Web users. With a unified set of Web sites, the Lycos Network is the fastest growing Web network and the world’s largest online community. The Lycos Network attracts a diverse audience by offering a variety of services, including leading Web navigation resources, homepage building and other Web community services and a comprehensive shopping center. The Lycos Network is composed of premium sites: Lycos.com, Tripod, WhoWhere, Angelfire, MailCity, HotBot, HotWired, Wired News, Webmonkey and Suck.com. Headquartered near Boston in Waltham, Mass., Lycos, Inc. is a global Internet leader with a major presence throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia.

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