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THE WORLDWIDE LEADER IN SPORTS For ImmediateRelease April 11,2005 ESPNU TO TELEVISE JORDAN CLASSIC LIVE APRIL 16 Major High School All-Star Game From New York's Madison Square Garden

ESPNU, the college sports network that launched March 4, will televise The Jordan Classic, a top high school basketball all-star game held for the first time at Madison Square Garden, Saturday, April 16 at 8 p.m. ET, it was announced by Burke Magnus, ESPNU Vice President and General Manager. The event, which was previously staged in Washington, D.C., features 20 of the best high school boys basketball seniors. While ESPNU will televise the event live, ESPN2 will offer the Jordan Classic on tape delay, Sunday, April 17 at 4 p.m.

Recent participants in The Jordan Classic have included current NBA stars LeBronJames, Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudamire and plus 2005 Final Four participants Rashad McCants (North Carolina), (North Carolina), Dee Brown (Illinois) and (Michigan State).

"The Jordan Classic is a premier event and a great addition to the ESPNU lineup," Magnus said. "It will showcase college stars of the future, many oi whom will be featured extensively on our network in the coming years."

The 2005 Jordan Classic roster follows:

HOMETEAM AWAY TEAM Name School Name School South Kent (Ct.) Prep Metuchen (N.J.) St. Joseph Middletown (Del.) St. Andrews Devan Downey Chester (S.C.) Chester Jon Brockman Snohomish (Wash.) High Levance Fields Brooklyn (N.Y.) Xavierian Keith Brumbaugh Deland (Fla.) High Poplar Bluff (Mo.) High Lewis Clinch Cordele (Ga.) Crisp County C. J. Miles Dallas (Tex.) Skyline Micah Downs Bothell (Wash.) High Kevin Rogers Dallas (Tex.) South Oak Cliff Jackson (Miss.) Lanier Magnum Rolle Laurinburg (N.C.) Institute Richard Hendrix Athens (Ala.) High Louis Williams Snellville (Ga.) South Gwinnett Mike Mercer Snellville (Ga.) South Gwinnelt Shawne Williams Laurinburg (N.C.) Institute Martell Websler Seattle (Wash.) Prep Julian Wright Flossmoor (III.) Homewood-Flossmoor

Tickets are on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations, the Madison Square Garden box office, online at ticketmaster.com or by calling 212-307-7171. For more information, please visit the official web site, www.JordanClassic.com.

ESPNU The ESPNU schedule will feature approximately 300 live events (regular-season and championships) in the network's first year. Action includes a variety of top football and men's and women's basketball mixed with baseball, softball, volleyball, lacrosse, ice hockey, wrestling and more. ESPNU will also offer comprehensive studio programming, replays of ABC Sports, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Regional Television games, plus specials and more.

ESPNU has secured distribution agreements with DIRECTV, Adelphia,several smaller affiliates and is close to distribution agreements with others. The 24-hour television network is the key component of the multi-media ESPNU initiative that will deliver college sports content across ESPN's family of services, such as ESPN.com, ESPN The Magazine, ESPN Mobile (wireless), ESPN Radio, ESPN Interactive, ESPN360 (broadband), merchandising and more.

Original Dream Job winnerMike Hall servesas ESPNU's signature anchor, hostingthe majority of the network's studio programming from Charlotte, N.C, headquarters of ESPN Regional Television (ERT), which handles production responsibilities for ESPNU.

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