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Ft. Lauderdale, FL (September 25, 1997) -- CBS SportsLine (cbs.sportsline.com), the Internet's most comprehensive sports site, tees up its coverage of the 32nd Ryder Cup from Valderrama Golf Club in southern Spain. The special site offers fans in-depth online coverage of one of the golf's most defining events.
CBS SportsLine's Ryder Cup coverage includes a hole-by-hole guide to Valderrama; profiles and pictures of all of the participants; exclusive columns; daily audio, courtesy of The Golf Channel; and the Cup Challenge, a compelling interactive game. Other special features in the package include:
Corporate sponsorship of the site came from Oldsmobile, AIG and SAP.
SportsLine USA, Inc., the publisher of CBS SportsLine, is a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based sports media and technology company founded in 1994. The SportsLine service was renamed CBS SportsLine as the result of an exclusive agreement with CBS Sports in March 1997. The service features more than 100,000 pages of multimedia sports information and entertainment covering all major collegiate and professional sports. SportsLine's superstar advisors include Michael Jordan, Joe Namath, Shaquille O'Neal, Wayne Gretzky, Jerry Rice, Pete Sampras, Cal Ripken, Arnold Palmer, Joe Montana, and Emerson Fittipaldi.