Online Fan Balloting Allows Visitors to Select Starting Lineups for the 49th NHL All-Star Game

Aimed at bringing hockey to fans worldwide through the Internet, Yahoo! Inc., a leading global Internet media company, today announced its official sponsorship of the National Hockey League and the NHL Players' Association in the Internet navigation guide sponsorship category. As part of the sponsorship program, Yahoo! Sports will become an official media sponsor of the 49th NHL All-Star Game, as well as the official online balloting arm of the NHL All-Star international showdown. Through December 15, hockey enthusiasts will be able to visit the front page of Yahoo! Sports and cast an online vote for their favorite NHL All-Stars. The 49th NHL All-Star Game will be played at the Ice Palace in Tampa, Florida and broadcast on FOX in the United States and on CBC/SRC in Canada.

As part of the sponsorship program, Yahoo! Sports is an official sponsor the 1999 NHL All-Star Weekend to be held in Tampa, Florida. As an official sponsor, Yahoo! Sports will receive several promotional opportunities, including a Yahoo! dasherboard to be displayed during all All-Star Weekend arena events. Yahoo! Sports will also be a presenting sponsor of the Cool Cuts segment on NHL Cool ShotsÔ, the League's national weekly lifestyle television show.

We are extremely pleased about this new relationship with the National Hockey League, as it enables us to link hockey fans worldwide via the Internet, said Cindy Bishop, brand manager, Yahoo! Sports. Our sponsorship of the online fan balloting program offers our users an innovative opportunity to become active in the decisions that impact their favorite sport. Working with Yahoo! Sports, the NHL gains significant exposure, helping more fans access league, team, and hockey-related information.

Yahoo! Sports has a creative, innovative, and contemporary approach to covering sporting events, said Edward Horne, group vice president, marketing, NHL Enterprises, L.P. Through our association with Yahoo! Sports, we are making hockey easily accessible to everyone on the Internet, especially the more than 40 million worldwide viewers that use Yahoo! each month. Our relationship with them will help broaden the visibility of hockey, he added.

A leading sports site on the Web, Yahoo! Sports provides fans with scores and results, breaking news stories, and schedules of upcoming games. At a glance, visitors to Yahoo! Sports can also view a snapshot of the current league standings and have instant access to a wide variety of current players' statistics. Yahoo! Sports also has local sponsorship relationships with the San Jose Sharks, the Dallas Stars, and the Los Angeles Kings.

Yahoo! Sports, part of the Yahoo! global network of properties, is a comprehensive sports offering on the Web providing users with quick and easy access to a broad variety of sports programming and content in one central location. By working with leading providers of sports content and services, Yahoo! Sports connects fans with news, information and coverage of sports leagues such as MLB, MLS, NFL, NBA, NHL, NCAA, ABL, WNBA and NASCAR. Yahoo! Sports also provides coverage of golf, world soccer, tennis and international sporting events such as the World Cup.

For more information on related products and services, please choose from the following menu of items:

About The Author:

Steve Roos is a successful author and publisher of http://www./. Find hockey apparel, bags, gloves, gear, sticks, skates, training aids and much more.

	Nhl Hockey
Online Fan Balloting Allows Visitors to Select Starting Lineups for the 49th NHL All-Star Game