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by NLL Press Release
August 20, 2001 - National Lacrosse League (NLL)


NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE TABS CNN/Sports Illustrated AS NATIONAL BROADCAST PARTNER

NLL Press Release

(New York City)--The National Lacrosse League (NLL) today announced that CNN/Sports Illustrated will be the League's national broadcast partner for the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons. CNN/SI will broadcast 23 games throughout each season, including 17 "Game of the Week" broadcasts, the NLL All-Star Game and all five playoff games, including the NLL Championship Game in April of 2002.

"This is an exciting announcement for the National Lacrosse League and for our thirteen member teams," said Jim Jennings, Commissioner of the National Lacrosse League. "For sixteen years the NLL has provided its fans with one of the fastest and most exciting indoor sports in the world. CNN/SI is a terrific partner and we look forward to an exciting season. This agreement certainly brings our league to the next level."

The agreement includes 17 regular season games, the All-Star Game and all five playoff games, to be broadcast and aired live, primarily on Saturday evenings for each of the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons. Terms of the two-year agreement were not announced. The League expects to announce its national television broadcast partner in Canada in the coming days.

"We are thrilled to add the NLL to our growing lineup of sports-event programming," said Steve Robinson, executive vice president of CNN/Sports Illustrated. "The NLL is an exciting and competitive sports league and will make for compelling sports television."

The NLL Game of the Week on CNN/SI Broadcast Schedule will be released shortly.

CNN/Sports Illustrated, a joint venture of CNN and Sports Illustrated, is a 24-hour sports network, offering 24-hour coverage of the world of sports, with in-depth reporting and live coverage of breaking news and press conferences. In addition to sports news updates throughout the day, CNN/Sports Illustrated provides live programming for the WUSA and Wimbledon. CNNSI.com is the sports Web site for CNN/Sports Illustrated, AOL Time Warner's sports Web site, the home of Sports Illustrated on the Web and the sports site for CNN.com.


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