Sportsline USA Goes Global With Launch of Sportsline Worldwide

Posted on February 18, 1998

SportsLine USA, Inc., publisher of the award-winning Internet service CBS SportsLine and several other sports-media properties, announced the launch of SportsLine WorldWide . SportsLine WorldWide will allow fans all over the world to find comprehensive coverage of their favorite sports, in their own native languages, in one place.

The SportsLine WorldWide site combines the coverage of internationally respected partners Soccernet (www.soccernet.com), CricInfo (www.cricket.org), and GolfWeb (www.golfweb.com) with CBS SportsLine's coverage of tennis, basketball, American football, and the Olympics.

SportsLine WorldWide users can also keep in touch with sports events and stories in countries around the world, in their respective native languages, through coverage provided in association with major publishing companies. Those partners include O Estado de Sao Paulo (newspaper, Brazil), Verlagsgruppe Fleet (publisher, Germany), El Pais (newspaper, Spain), and World Online (ISP, Netherlands). Additionally, the international partners are featuring content from SportsLine USA on their Web sites under the heading of "US Sports".

SportsLine USA, Inc. 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 several sports Web sites including CBS SportsLine and Soccernet and exclusive Web sites for sports teams, organizations and superstars such as Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and Shaquille O'Neal.