- The Most Complete Package Available to Run a Fantasy Football League; CBS SportsLine Fantasy Football, Free Football Challenge Game Also Available -

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (August 19, 1998) - Football pre-season is in full swing and not just for the players on the gridiron. Fantasy football players are getting their clicking fingers ready for another season of fun with CBS SportsLine Commissioner.COM, the most advanced fantasy football league management Web software available on or off the Web (http://sportsline.commissioner.com).

Commissioner.COM makes the creation and maintenance of a fantasy football league easy. Users can create a new league -- complete with its own Web site, chat room, and news ticker -- in about three minutes. The program automatically updates each team's statistics, emails them to each owner, and posts them on the league's unique site, without having to download software. The league can be fully customized to adapt to any set of league rules imaginable and includes such unique features as a scrolling news ticker and real-time team updates during games. Leagues can even conduct their entire draft live online. The price of just $99.95 per league covers everything, with no additional fees -- that's potentially less than $10.00 per team.

Standout features of CBS SportsLine Commissioner.COM include:

• Customizable Web Site -- Each league's Web site has its own unique URL, chat room, and the ability to publish news.

• Instant Site Creation -- A league and its Web site can be created in just three minutes.

• Customizable Scrolling CommWire and CommPoll -- Fantasy players can follow updated league news on a scrolling ticker exclusive to individual leagues as well as participate in user-created polls with trivia questions or other fun topics.

• Fantasy Football LIVE -- Following football on Sundays will never be the same, as fantasy owners can track the progress of their teams and their league opponents, updated after every play.

• No Transaction Fees -- Once the league is created, it can be modified infinitely without accruing any additional fees, including all trades among teams in the league.

• Football Scout -- League owners get a free subscription to this powerful scouting utility which offers a multitude of sortable projections, averages, and rankings.

• Comprehensive Reports -- Statistics and standings for fantasy leagues are emailed each week to each team owner. Additionally, reports breaking down each team by any conceivable category can be produced on demand at the site.

• Message Board, Private Real-Time Chat Room -- League owners can talk trade, follow the games together, or just chew the fat in Commissioner.COM's message boards and chat rooms exclusive to each league.

• Live Online Draft - Not everyone can make it to the draft? Leagues can now host their drafts online with options such as configurable time-limit, queuing of draft picks, and auto-pilot, allowing owners to choose their next few picks while away from the computer.

"We offer something for everyone, whether you are a seasoned fantasy veteran or a first-year player," said Michael Levy, CEO of SportsLine USA, publisher of CBS SportsLine. "Experienced players will appreciate Football Scout's depth of detail and analysis, and the flexibility of Commissioner.COM. For newer players, the free Fantasy Challenge product delivers a real hands-on experience that is user-friendly. All of our fantasy products feature toll-free support for our users."

For those not already involved in fantasy leagues, CBS SportsLine offers two games. The first, CBS SportsLine Fantasy Football, has all the features of the Commissioner.COM game but does not require an existing league. Groups of owners can join reserved leagues or can be assigned into leagues of 12 teams each. CBS SportsLine sets the rules and scoring and acts as commissioner. Each league has a communication area with message boards, chat, and instant messaging for trades. This game costs $19.95.

The second game for those not in existing leagues is the FREE Football Challenge. League owners sign up and can customize their rosters based on a "salary cap," without regard to other owners. They can then view standings and statistics each week. Prizes will be awarded each week; the player with the most points at the end of the year will also win a prize.

SportsLine USA, Inc., a recognized leader in fantasy sports news and publisher of CBS SportsLine (cbs.sportsline.com), and Daedalus World Wide, developers of the premier fantasy games and products service Commissioner.COM (http://commissioner.com), in June announced an exclusive eight-year revenue-sharing, development agreement that integrates the strengths of both organizations to produce comprehensive fantasy products such as CBS SportsLine Commissioner.COM Fantasy Football, that are easy-to-use, powerful, personal, and fun.

SportsLine USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLN) is a leading Internet-based sports media company that provides branded, interactive information and programming as well as merchandise to sports enthusiasts worldwide. SportsLine USA publishes CBS SportsLine, which features more than 300,000 pages of multimedia sports information, entertainment and merchandise covering all major professional, collegiate and international sports and includes exclusive content from sports teams, organizations and superstars such as Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and Shaquille O'Neal. SportsLine USA was founded in 1994, and its Internet sports service was renamed CBS SportsLine in March of 1997 as part of an exclusive five-year promotional and content agreement with CBS Sports.

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CONTACT:

SportsLine USA, Inc.
Bret Werner/Jerry Milani
Alan Taylor Communications
(212) 714-1280
bret@alantaylor.com
jerry@alantaylor.com

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