" The Citigroup Private Bank
provides financing to over 20 professional sports teams and leagues
and has served as the Agent Bank in several recently announced
transactions in Major League Baseball and the National Basketball
Association.newscom. "Our exclusive satellite radio broadcast rights for
FIFA World Cup Soccer will be an excellent complement to our extensive play-
by-play coverage of Major League Baseball, NASCAR, and college sports, as well
as our new 24-hour Spanish-language sports channel.

About XM Satellite Radio
XM (Nasdaq: XMSR) is America's number one satellite radio service with
approximately 3. For more
information on local offerings, visit http://www.

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Recently, Game
Plan represented the buyers of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Boston
Celtics and structured the recent offer to purchase the entire
National Hockey League.8 million
subscribers, today announced that it will be the exclusive satellite radio
broadcaster for The FIFA(R) World Cup Germany 2006 Soccer.

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, i9 Sports hosts leagues,
tournaments, camps, clinics , child development programs and special events in
a wide variety of sports for people of all ages and skill levels.

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The firm's founders, Robert Caporale and
Randy Vataha, have extensive experience in the purchase and sale of
sports franchises, as well as management, marketing and representation
of professional sports teams, leagues and athletes.
XM is the official satellite radio network of Major League Baseball, NASCAR,
the PGA TOUR, the Indy Racing League, and the college sports conferences
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Big Ten, and Pac-10. The latest
models of XM radio receivers , such as the portable Delphi XM2go MyFi radio,
have sports tickers that display current scores for professional and college
sports teams.xmradio.

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Over the past 100 years, the Cohn family
has owned and operated numerous real estate properties throughout the
New York metropolitan area.newscom.8 million subscribers. XM is the exclusive in-flight entertainment service for AirTran
Airways, and will soon be available on JetBlue flights. For more information about XM hardware,
programming and partnerships, please visit http://www.

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(Logo: http://www . In addition to in-depth
coverage of the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 Soccer tournament, the channel
will feature coverage of all sports from Latin American and Mexico, including
baseball and boxing , along with real-time reporting on sports from all over
the world. Broadcasting live daily from studios
in Washington, DC, New York City and Nashville at the Country Music Hall of
Fame, XM's 2005 lineup includes 152 digital channels of choice from coast to
coast: 67 commercial-free music channels, featuring hip hop to opera,
classical to country, bluegrass to blues; 64 channels of premier sports, talk,
comedy, children's and entertainment programming; and 21 channels of the most
advanced traffic and weather information for major metropolitan areas
nationwide.

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The Citigroup Private Bank and Game Plan LLC are advising Big
Train.com and get in the game this
season!

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Ledecky; ABRY Partners LLC, a
Boston based private equity firm specializing in media investments;
and Marc S. The deal
for the Nationals includes a regional media component .
Major League Baseball is currently considering competing bids for
the franchise.

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Ledecky, General Partner of
Big Train.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000724/XMSATLOGO )
"With the ability to air the most play-by-play coverage, XM Satellite
Radio is the ideal platform to broadcast the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006
Soccer tournament," said Eric Logan, Executive Vice President of Programming
for XM Satellite Radio."
XM is the leading provider of live play-by-play sports in satellite radio.

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"My family 's lifelong interest in sports coupled with our real
estate activities in developing commercial properties will hopefully
contribute to building both a contending team and a world class
stadium facility ," said Cohn. "If selected by Major
League Baseball, we pledge to maximize the positive impact the team
can have on helping the inner-city community. We will create
innovative programs that will provide an economic development engine
for companies that qualify under the Local Small Disadvantaged
Business designation. We will also focus on providing educational
opportunities and job training programs for inner-city young people
that will further bond the Washington Nationals with our community ,"
said Ledecky.com. Fiume, Jr. has spent over a decade in
the amateur sports industry and has been dedicated to creating a program that
offers teams and individuals an organization with professional benefits.

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XM was named Best Radio Service at the 2004 Billboard Digital
Entertainment Awards. By combining proven
business practices in a sports setting, i9 Sports -- "The Pros in Amateur
Sports " -- delivers a solution to this problem by offering superior
experiences that participants will see and feel.

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XM also is available in Avis, National, and Alamo
rental cars. FRISCO, Texas, What do you get when you combine a
passion for sports with a commitment to superior customer service? Local
residents will soon find out with the grand opening of an i9 Sports franchise
in Frisco , Plano, Little Elm, and The Colony. NBA/WNBA Basketball, and Baseball
leagues, tournaments and special events in the Fall of 2005.

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C.
Cohn. XM will carry English-language coverage of World Cup soccer matches
on a separate channel.A.

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"I am pleased to announce a group of investors with decades of
knowledge and expertise in sports management, real estate development,
and media properties," said Jonathan J.
ABRY Partners is a Boston-based investment firm that has completed
over $16 billion of media and communications transactions.
"As the exclusive satellite radio broadcaster for FIFA World Cup Germany
2006 Soccer, English and Spanish-speaking fans alike will be able to follow
their favorite teams with XM's play-by-play coverage of World Cup matches in
both languages," said Andres Cantor.com. Copies of the filing are
available upon request from XM Radio's Investor Relations Department .

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We hope our
experience in television, radio and cable investments will prove
useful to the Nationals ," said ABRY Partners Chairman Andrew Banks.
radio rights in all languages to the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 and all
additional FIFA Properties. They tend to accept whatever is available in
their area because they simply want to play sports.i9sports.

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Big Train takes its name from the nickname of legendary
Washington Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson.
Game Plan LLC is an investment banking firm specializing in the
professional sports industry.
"I look forward to helping develop the strategy for the stadium
and real estate development at the new ballpark site if Big Train is
selected as the new owner of the Washington Nationals," said Marc S.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
the forward-looking statements in this press release include demand for XM
Satellite Radio's service, the Company's dependence on technology and third
party vendors, its potential need for additional financing, as well as other
risks described in XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc."
National affiliations with organizations such as All Pro Dads, Dick's
Sporting Goods and Reebok, as well as the operation of NFL flag football and
Jr. NBA/WNBA programs across the country have helped to generate additional
interest amongst the fast-growing breed of i9 Sports participants.

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The
lead investors in Big Train include Mr. XM to Be Official Satellite Radio Network of FIFA World Cup Germany 2006
Soccer With Unmatched Live, Play-by-Play Coverage

WASHINGTON, XM Satellite Radio, the
nation's leading provider of satellite radio with approximately 3.
A leading sports commentator for the Telemundo Network and one of the most
recognized sports personalities among the Hispanic media, Andres Cantor is
recognized (and enjoyed) by soccer fans throughout the world for his signature
call, "Go-o-o-al.S.'s Form 10-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on 3-4-05.

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Investor Group Announces Bid For MLB's Nationals; Bid by Big Train Holdco is led by Jonathan Ledecky former co-owner of NHL's Washington Capitals

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WASHINGTON, D.
"We are delighted to be partners in Big Train. XM Satellite Radio is the satellite radio leader in sports
programming, offering thousands of live sporting events every year. "We
are very excited about the prospect of having a franchise located in Frisco,
Plano, Little Elm, and The Colony," said Mr. "Given the level of
participation in amateur sports in this area, bringing the i9 Sports program
here was a natural fit.
With locations nationwide from New York to L.

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-- --Big Train
Holdco, an investment group formed to acquire the Washington Nationals
Major League Baseball Club, today released the names of its initial
investors.
"We are pleased to have been selected by Big Train as its
financial advisor on this bid," said Bradley Rangell, a Director at
The Citigroup Private Bank's Sports Finance and Advisory program. "We
believe that Big Train, under Jon Ledecky's leadership, has the
diversity, passion and experience necessary to achieve the success MLB
is looking for in an ownership group. Through a
partnership with Andres Cantor, the legendary soccer play-by-play announcer
and chairman of the leading syndicator of soccer programming in Hispanic
radio, Futbol de Primera, XM will offer unmatched audio coverage of the FIFA
World Cup Germany 2006 Soccer tournament, including team selection and
qualifying matches, in both English and Spanish.xmradio.

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Futbol de Primera has been the leading syndicator
of soccer programming in Hispanic radio since 1989 and also controls the
Spanish language radio rights of Concacaf teams , including Mexico.

i9 Sports Coming to Frisco Plano Little Elm and The Colony; Innovative Company Brings Professionalism to the World of Amateur Sports

From the company's website (http:/ /www.com or contact i9 Sports of
North Texas at 972-377-0084 or rgrigsby@i9sports.

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Ledecky is a Washington based businessman who
previously co-owned the Washington Capitals and served as Vice
Chairman of Lincoln Holdings, which owns interests in the Washington
Wizards, Washington Mystics and MCI Center .

About Futbol de Primera
Futbol de Primera is the leading Hispanic owned soccer company in the
United States. i9 Sports of North Texas
announced today that they have been awarded an i9 Sports franchise which will
begin offering Youth NFL Flag football, Jr.
Most of the millions of men, women and children who participate in
recreational sports programs on a regular basis give little thought to the
level of service they receive.
i9 Sports' President + CEO, Frank V.

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XM to Broadcast Exclusive Coverage of World Cup 2006 Soccer Tournament

"
As the official satellite radio network for the FIFA World Cup Germany
2006 Soccer tournament, XM has rights to broadcast play-by-play of all 64
tournament matches in both English and Spanish. The Spanish play-by-play
coverage will be featured on XM's newly announced 24-hour Spanish-language
sports channel, slated to launch in July 2005. XM is the
official satellite radio network for Major League Baseball, NASCAR, the Indy
Racing League, the PGA TOUR, and the college sports conferences ACC, Pac -10,
and Big Ten.
XM, the leader in satellite-delivered entertainment and data services for
the automobile market through partnerships with General Motors, Honda, Toyota,
Hyundai, Nissan and Volkswagen/Audi, is available in more than 120 different
vehicle models for 2005. Consumers can
experience XM over the Internet through XM Radio Online at
http://listen. Futbol de Primera 's properties include the exclusive U.

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Big Train has engaged The Citigroup Private Bank to provide
debt financing for the acquisition of the Washington Nationals. Cohn, a New York-based private commercial real estate
developer and investor. XM also carries ESPN
Radio, ESPNews Radio, Fox Sports Radio , and Sporting News Radio.

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"Our investor group sees ownership of the Washington Nationals as
a community trust," said Jonathan Ledecky.com ) -- where players can
register on -line, look up standings + statistics, post team news and find out
about current offerings -- to the quality playing facilities that are
utilized, i9 Sports is a perfect example of what can be accomplished when high
standards are applied to the amateur sports scene.