-- Learn exactly what the region could offer you in terms of hosting
events, generating new revenue streams and reaching new participants
and fans. NEW YORK, MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) announced
today that it has reached a multi-year licensing agreement with F+W
Publications, owners of the National Fantasy Baseball Championship (NFBC).

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The inaugural season kicks off September 11, 2005, in eight regions across
the country, including Dallas/Fort Worth, Seattle, San Jose, San Diego,
Sacramento, Denver , Atlanta, and Des Moines. Separating itself from local
recreation leagues will be the addition of official stat keepers.

Each chapter below takes a main theme to report on groups of similar
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MLBAM has now reached multi-year online fantasy baseball license agreements
with CBS Sportsline.

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Each section finishes with a summary of the
current sport business opportunities that could be exploited.
"The NFBC has quickly established itself as the premiere live event in the
fantasy baseball industry and this partnership with MLBAM will allow us to
take this event to a higher level," said Greg Ambrosius, director of the NFBC.

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What will you learn from this report:

-- Suppliers to the sport business industry will learn what opportunities
exist in 14 key countries in the Middle East, including infrastructure
projects, event management opportunities and sponsorship.com, Yahoo! Sports and F+W Publications .

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The National Fantasy Baseball Championship will host live drafts on
Saturday, March 18th in New York, Chicago, Las Vegas and Tampa, with 330 teams
participating and then managing their leagues and rosters online throughout
the Major League Baseball season.

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If signing up as an individual you will be placed in a team
that fits your position and skill set.com/reports/c18405

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League entry is $49. Their efforts have already secured major events in
many sports and in 2006 the region will host the 2006 Asian Games."
In addition to the variety of fantasy baseball games available on MLB.

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You'll never know who's watching, as stats will also be
accessible to overseas and professional league scouts. Sport
in the region is currently enjoying a very high profile, as governments
actively push participation and many states bid to host major sporting events
to help them attract cash, rich tourists and corporations to the region.
"There's no question that working in conjunction with MLB.

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Sport-business opportunities also appear as special panels in a chapter or
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agreement allows F+W Publications to host live high-stakes drafts across the
country, continuing a relationship it has had with the Major League Baseball
Players Association and MLBAM over the last two years.com, ESPN.

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KPS Atlanta Regional Playoffs will be held November 14, 2005.com/reports/c18405 ) has announced the addition
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This outstanding new report covers:
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-- Sports development and practices
-- Sports brands and properties
-- Sports marketing and sponsorship
-- Sports media, rights and consumption

This report will bring you right up to date with sport business
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-- Non-sport business will learn how or whether getting involved in sport
in the region could offer them a cost effective way to promote their
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Atlanta schedule for the 2005 Men's Basketball League. For each, top events/tournaments, structure, club/leagues, star
players, grassroots participation , media coverage, sports marketing,
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Games in Atlanta will be played at Metro Fitness (formerly Run N' Shoot)
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The sport business market in the Middle East is unique because it can
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Designed to give
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once again, KPS's goal is to give back to athletes the feeling of highly
competitive basketball from their former college or high school playing
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"We are pleased to work with F+W to expand on this high-stakes concept,
offering fantasy players additional options," said Gregg Klayman, Director of
Fantasy and Interactive games for MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM).

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Winners in each region will be
awarded airfare and hotel accommodations to Las Vegas to compete in the
national championship playoffs December 16-18, 2005, for a grand prize of
$4000. Full,
detailed statistics will be viewable to your fans at
www.

The 2005 Atlanta Men's Basketball League games will be played on the
following Mondays from 5:00 p. Chapters have a
context/introduction, executive summary, overview on sport-business
opportunities and appendix of contacts.