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For Immediate Release
ESPN PR
April 1, 2008
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ESPN360.com Adds 15 Arena Football League Games

ESPN Broadband Network to Offer 42 Games to Fans in 2008

ESPN360.com has added 15 live streaming simulcasts of Arena Football League regional games to its 2008 program line-up.  The additional games -- combined with the 27 previously planned simulcasts of ESPN/ESPN2 Arena Football national telecasts --  makes a total of 42 AFL games available to fans on ESPN’s live sports broadband network, including regular season and playoffs.

ESPN360.com streamed its first live Arena Football regional telecast March 15 when the Cleveland Gladiators defeated the Columbus Destroyers 59-57, and March 29 when the Georgia Force beat the Utah Blaze, 70-49.  ESPN360.com’s next national broadband simulcast of a regionally-televised game is planned for Saturday, April 5 -- Cleveland Gladiators at Dallas Desperados at 8 p.m.

Arena Football League Games Added to ESPN360.com Schedule:

Date

Teams

Network

Time (ET)

Sat., Mar 15

Cleveland def. Columbus, 59-57

ESPN360.com

7 p.m.

Sat., Mar 29

Georgia def. Utah, 70-49

ESPN360.com

9 p.m.

Sat., April 5

Cleveland at Dallas

ESPN360.com

8 p.m.

Sat., April 12

New Orleans at Dallas

ESPN360.com

8 p.m.

Sat., April 19

Colorado at Kansas City

ESPN360.com

6 p.m.

Fri., April 25

Kansas City at Grand Rapids

ESPN360.com

7 p.m.

Sat., May 3

Dallas at Columbus

ESPN360.com

7 p.m.

Sat., May 10

Columbus at Kansas City

ESPN360.com

6 p.m.

Sat., May 10

Grand Rapids at Dallas

ESPN360.com

8 p.m.

Sat., May 10

Colorado at Utah

ESPN360.com

9 p.m.

Sat., May 17

Arizona at Dallas

ESPN360.com

8 p.m.

Sat., May 24

Chicago at Utah

ESPN360.com

9 p.m.

Sat., June 7

Philadelphia at Dallas

ESPN360.com

8 p.m.

Sat., June 14

New York at Dallas

ESPN360.com

8 p.m.

Sat., June 21

Kansas City at Colorado

ESPN360.com

8 p.m.

** Games subject to blackout

About ESPN360.com

ESPN360.com delivers a full schedule of more than 2,500 live global sports events per year. The service is available at no additional charge to any fan who receives their high-speed Internet connection from an ESPN-affiliated service provider. It is available in approximately 23 million households nationwide through more than 20 Internet service providers including AT&T, Verizon, RCN, Frontier, Cavalier, Charter, Mediacom, Conway, Grande and more.  Additionally, the service is now available at no cost to approximately 18 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel via on-campus computer networks (with a “.edu” domain) and military networks (with a “.mil” domain) in the United States. The service’s dynamic, multi-screen interface will allows Arena Football fans to have complete control over the top-quality online video viewing experience.  Fans can pause, rewind and fast forward live and on-demand action, and have multiple viewing configuration options (compact, mosaic, full screen). For more information about ESPN360.com, which high speed Internet services currently provide it, and how consumers can get, go to www.espn360.com.  

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