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CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TO AIR ON ESPN2

ESPN family of networks to broadcast game to national audience

05/14/2008

Edge 2008 National Lacrosse League Championship Game to Air on ESPN2 & ESPN360

The National Lacrosse League has announced that ESPN2 and ESPN360 will telecast the Edge 2008 NLL Championship Game. The game will air on ESPN2, Tuesday, May 20 at 2 p.m. ET, and live on ESPN360 on Saturday, May 17 at 7:30 p.m. ET.

The game will feature the top-seeded NLL East and West divisional teams, as the East Division champion Buffalo Bandits (12-6) will host the West Division champion Portland LumberJax (8-10) at HSBC Arena in Buffalo. Lead play-by-play commentator Joe Heyer will call the game along with color analyst Brian Shanahan. Andi Petrillo will serve as sideline reporter.

"ESPN will showcase the excitement of the NLL on its grandest stage - the NLL Championship game," said Doug White, ESPN Senior Director of Programming and Acquisitions. "We are thrilled to offer this elite event to fans both live on ESPN360.com and then later on ESPN2."

"The NLL features the world's best lacrosse players and we are pleased to have ESPN2 and ESPN360.com telecast the Edge NLL Championship Game and present our dynamic sport to a national audience", said NLL Commissioner Jim Jennings.

The game will also air LIVE on The Score Television Network, Eurosport2 and online at NLL.com. SIRIUS Satellite Radio will air the game live on channel 119.

About ESPN2

ESPN2 launched on October 1, 1993, today reaches more than 96 million households throughout the United States. The network's programming includes of more than 4,800 live and/or original hours of sports programming annually featuring NASCAR Nationwide Series, MLB, college football and basketball, golf, tennis, FIFA World Cup, MLS, and more.

About ESPN360.com

ESPN360.com is ESPN's signature broadband sports network, delivering more than 2,500 live global sports events per year. The service offers a mosaic of screens that allow users to follow multiple events simultaneously, and expanded controls including live-event pause, rewind and fast forward. ESPN360.com is currently available in nearly 23 million homes nationwide via more than 20 Internet service providers including AT&T, Verizon, RCN, Insight, Frontier, Cavalier, Charter, Mediacom, Conway, Grande Communications and more. Additionally, it is available to approximately 18 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel (fans accessing ESPN360.com from computers connected to an on-campus educational or military network (those with ".edu" or ".mil" domains). Consumers wanting more information about ESPN360.com, which high speed Internet services currently provide it, and how they can get it should go to www.espn360.com.

About the National Lacrosse League

The National Lacrosse League, North America's professional indoor lacrosse league, features the world's best lacrosse players. The NLL has 12 franchises playing major North American arenas: New York Titans, Philadelphia Wings, Buffalo Bandits, Toronto Rock, Chicago, Shamrox, Colorado Mammoth, Minnesota Swarm, Portland Lumberjax, San Jose Stealth, Rochester Knighthawks, Edmonton Rush and Calgary Roughnecks. The 2008 season marked the fourth straight season the NLL averaged over 10,000 fans per game.