FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                        CONTACT:
NFL                           4/15/02                                       BRIAN McCARTHY/STEVE ALIC, NFL
                                                                                    212-450-2000, mccarthyb@nfl.com, alics@nfl.com

 

NFL.COM OFFERS COMPLETE 2002 NFL DRAFT COVERAGE, PRESENTED BY PEPSI

 

NFL.com will offer NFL fans complete coverage of the 2002 NFL Draft featuring live analysis and multimedia elements throughout Draft Weekend, April 20-21, from New York City’s Theatre at Madison Square Garden.

 

NFL.com Draft content includes live press conferences with newly drafted players on April 20, live chats with drafted players throughout Draft Weekend, expert analysis and interaction with NFL Draft expert GIL BRANDT, the Dallas Cowboys’ chief scout for 29 years, and former Raiders Head Coach and Pro Football Hall of Famer ART SHELL (Class of 1989). Coverage of the 2002 NFL Draft on NFL.com is presented by Pepsi, the official soft drink of the NFL.

 

Players tentatively scheduled to attend the 2002 NFL Draft are:DAVID CARR, QB, Fresno State; QUENTIN JAMMER, CB, Texas, BRYANT McKINNIE, OT, Miami (Fla.); JULIUS PEPPERS, DE, North Carolina and MIKE WILLIAMS, OT, Texas.

 

NFL.com Coverage of the NFL Draft, presented by Pepsi:

 

·         Behind-the-scenes video footage of attendees, including Fresno State’s Carr, a leading candidate to be the first player drafted by the Houston Texans. NFL Films will produce segments beginning Thursday as the highly touted prospects arrive in New York for Draft weekend.

 

·         Player diaries leading up to Draft Day written by University of Miami’s McKinnie along with ROCKY CALMUS (LB, Oklahoma), KYLE JOHNSON (RB, Syracuse) and JOSH REED (WR, LSU).

 

·         Immediate draft selection analysis from NFL.com’s Brandt, Shell and NFL Insider Magazine National Editor VIC CARUCCI, an NFL journalist for more than two decades.

 

·         NFL Auction on NFL.com will offer fans an opportunity to bid immediately on NFL team jerseys and hats signed by newly drafted players as they are selected on April 20. All proceeds from the online auction are donated to charities selected by the NFL and the NFL Players Association.

 

• Fans may receive free up-to-the-minute wireless draft updates via web-enabled phones (WAP), Short Message Service (SMS) phones or Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) through an NFL-Air2Web partnership.

 

·         The NFL Draft Tracker, produced by NFL.com and CBS SportsLine.com, delivers the latest team-by-team draft selections. The NFL Draft Tracker provides club draft selection pages with information links for every player selected. Sortable features allow fans to view players by position and college.

 

·         NFL.com Draft Board lists all available players position-by-position throughout all seven rounds.

                               

·         Fans who click Pepsi ad banners on NFL.com will have the chance to watch Pepsi's Super Bowl commercials with Britney Spears and participate in an NFL Draft poll. This marks the first NFL-Pepsi initiative since Pepsi became an NFL sponsor in March.

                                                                                      

NFL.com is part of the NFL Internet Network, and is produced and hosted in partnership by SportsLine.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLN), the leading global Internet sports media company and publisher of CBS SportsLine.com.

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