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ESPN.com, AT&T Wireless and Chevy Trucks Team Up to Take Subscribers Courtside for the Wireless Tourney Pick'Em Game

    LOS ANGELES, March 14 ESPN.com, AT&T Wireless and Chevy
Trucks have teamed up to get AT&T Digital PocketNet(R) users off the bench and
into the action with ESPN.com's first-ever wireless Tourney Pick'Em Game, a
round-by-round game surrounding the Men's NCAA Division I Tournament.
ESPN.com is part of the Walt Disney Internet Group .
    (Photo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010314/LAW045 )
    The Tourney Pick'Em Game, available exclusively to AT&T Wireless data
subscribers at no extra charge, appears today under the main and sports menus
on AT&T Digital PocketNet service.  From Selection Sunday through the
championship game, customers can make their picks and also receive
up-to-the-minute scores, schedules and other tournament news via their
Internet-ready phones.
    AT&T Digital PocketNet customers can compare their picks to those of other
players and receive results of each game.  Once registered, users can choose
their teams round-by-round, making changes or picks up until the tip-off of
each tournament game.
    "Regardless of whether or not you are near a television set this month,
March Madness will be at the fingertips of our Digital PocketNet subscribers,"
said Dave Haight, vice president and general manager, AT&T Wireless, Los
Angeles.  "The Tourney Pick'Em Game is a fun, interactive way to stay on top
of the hottest sports news and events."
    Chevy Trucks is the presenting sponsor of the Tourney Pick'Em Game as well
as the online printable version of ESPN.com's men's tournament bracket pages.
SkyGo, Inc., the authority on wireless advertising, will create and serve the
ads that will promote Chevy Trucks.

    About Walt Disney Internet Group
    Walt Disney Internet Group manages many of the most popular
Web sites and services, including Disney.com; ESPN.com; ABC.com; and
ABCNEWS.com.  Additional properties include Family.com, Mr.Showbiz,
Movies.com, Wall of Sound, DisneyAuctions.com, DisneyStore.com,
DisneyVacations.com, Soccernet.com and NFL.com.
    Walt Disney Internet Group also produces Enhanced TV telecasts in
conjunction with select ABC Television and ESPN programming and includes the
catalog operations of The Walt Disney Company and 19 Disney-branded
international properties.  Steve Bornstein is the chairman of Walt Disney
Internet Group, which is headquartered in North Hollywood, CA, and has
operations in Bristol, CT; Seattle; New York; and London.

    About AT&T Wireless
    AT&T Wireless operates one of the largest digital wireless
networks in North America.  With more than 15 million subscribers, including
partnerships and affiliates, and revenues exceeding $10 billion, AT&T Wireless
is committed to being among the first to deliver the next generation of
wireless products and services.  Today, we offer customers high-quality
wireless communications services, whether mobile or fixed, voice or data, to
businesses or consumers, in the U.S. and internationally.  For more
information, please visit:  http://www.att.com/wireless.