Shirley picked up his 499th
win on Dec
. It is the centerpiece of "Join the
Major Leagues @ your library," a program created to celebrate
and promote two
American classics -- baseball and libraries -- while heightening awareness of
21st
Century literacy skills, such as using computers and other media and
knowing how to find, evaluate
and use information.
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30 with a 76-65 win against Bloomsburg University.
The American Library
Association (ALA), Major League Baseball and the
Major League Baseball Players Association invite
baseball fans of all ages to
participate in the Join the Major Leagues @ your library(R) contest
, a
nationwide, online baseball trivia competition, for their chance to win a trip
to a game of
the 2005 Major League Baseball World Series.com.hosted leagues
"As the leader in the fantasy sports business
, CBS SportsLine.
* Players will be categorized by position and school.
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The University includes Schools of Architecture, Business
Administration, Design and
Media, Engineering and Textiles, Liberal Arts and
Science and Health.com teams up with Dodge to extend
their award-winning fantasy
football platform to the college game
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Until this time, the fantasy football market has almost
exclusively revolved
around professional football. For more information about CBS SportsLine.njcaa leagues
Questions can be answered
online
or sent in the mail.
Major League Baseball is a founding partner in @ your library
(R), The
Campaign for America's Libraries, a multi-year public awareness and advocacy
campaign
sponsored by ALA about the value of libraries and librarians in the
21st Century. CBS SportsLine
. "Combining the
passion that fans have for college football with the growing popularity of
fantasy
football should prove to be a powerful combination. We expect it to be a
very popular game.com
CBS SportsLine.com is at the leading edge of media companies providing
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Together, Shirley and Men's Coach Herb Magee are one of the winningest
basketball coaching teams in NCAA history
PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia
University Women's
Basketball Coach Tom Shirley is just one win away from earning his 500th
career
win, securing his place in the top ranks of NCAA Division II women's
basketball coaches. He is currently
the ninth winningest women's coach in
Division II.
Along with Men's Basketball Coach Herb
Magee, who recently hit the
extraordinary milestone of 800 career wins, coaches Shirley and Magee
are the
fourth winningest coaching team in NCAA history.
Through eight games this season,
Shirley's team is off to a 5-3 start
overall, including a 3-2 mark in the Central Atlantic Collegiate
Conference
(CACC).
The game challenges baseball fans to use the resources at their local
library
to answer a series of baseball trivia questions, developed by the
librarians at the National Baseball
Hall of Fame and Museum.
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Questions are
available at http://www
.
In addition to the grand-prize, 12 first-place prizes will be awarded,
including a copy of
Promises to Keep, a book written by Jackie Robinson's
daughter Sharon Robinson, a baseball T-shirt
and a poster featuring Jackie
Robinson. Example: "Team QB,
Michigan" would accumulate all points
generated by anyone that played the
quarterback position for Michigan.polls brewer
Coach Shirley,
in his
17th season with the Lady Rams, has led the team to 14 consecutive
postseason appearances. More information
about Viacom and its businesses is
available at http://www.hosted sportsonly
That milestone could be reached
as soon as tonight, when the Lady Rams go
on the road to play Felician College at 6 p. The program
runs
through September 9, 2005.
For more information, visit The Campaign for America's Libraries
Web site
at http://www. Users can create a private league and invite their friends or simply
join
a public league and play against college football fanatics from around
the globe, competing head
-to-head for the season championship.com and click on the "FANTASY" tab.collegiate naia
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In 1992, he became director of athletics
, a
position he still holds.com.rankings naia
(All leagues
consist of eight teams)
CBS SportsLine "College
Fantasy Football" will be run using the same
software and product design as the rest of the award
winning fantasy sports
products on CBS SportsLine.com and
for the latest sports news, scores and
expert analysis, please visit
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Philadelphia University, founded in 1884, is a private
university with
3,200 full- and part-time students enrolled in more than 40 undergraduate and
graduate
programs. CHICAGO, This summer, baseball fans should know
that playing on a winning team isn
't the only way to get to this year's World
Series. This free product
will run on the same platform
that has been recognized as the top fantasy
football service in the industry for five years running
.abic collegiate
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In addition to its
flagship service, the company publishes the official Web sites of the NFL
, PGA
TOUR and NCAA Sports.com is a member of the Viacom family and
a part of CBS Digital Media
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Coach Shirley came to Philadelphia University (then Philadelphia College
of Textiles and
Science) in 1989 as head women's basketball coach and
associate director of athletics.njcaa baseball
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CBS SportsLine "College Fantasy Football" will allow users to draft a team
of
college football players* from any of the 119 Division I programs or
customize their player pool
to include any conference they choose (two
minimum).njcaa brewer
The contest runs all summer long.org
/baseball .
Players use a "Join the Major Leagues" playbook, appropriate for their age
group
, with four categories of questions -- one for each of the four bases in
a baseball diamond.skilton college
Together
, the Philadelphia
University coaches have earned 1,301 wins, putting them behind only Bob Knight
and Marsha Sharp at Texas Tech, Northern State's Don Meyer and Curt
Frederickson and Arizona's
Lute Olson and Joan Bonvicini.
One lucky grand-prize winner will win tickets to a game of the
2005 Major
League Baseball World Series(R), roundtrip airfare and hotel accommodations
for two
nights.CBS SportsLine.com Unveils College Fantasy Football
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Unlike most contests, players
are encouraged to look up
answers using both print and online sources at their library and participants
can even consult a librarian if they need assistance.
For more information or to sign up and
play for free, simply visit
cbs. CBS SportsLine.sportsline.com.sportsonly collegiate
In 1992, Shirley was named
the American Women's Sports Federation Division
II National Coach of the Year, as well as the Converse
District Coach of the
Year., CBS SportsLine.com is
constantly looking for opportunities to extend
our fantasy product experience
into new offerings that consumers crave and advertisers are eager
to support,"
said Steve Snyder, General Manager of CBS SportsLine. The CBS SportsLine Fantasy
Football
product has an award-winning history, having been recognized by the
Fantasy Sports Trade Association
as the best fantasy football commissioner
product for each of the last five years.skilton sports
In addition
to his duties as coach and administrator at Philadelphia
University, Shirley also serves as a member
of the NCAA Division II
Championships Committee and chairs the NCAA Division II Retention Committee
,
as well as serving on the regional committee for women's basketball.com, a
leading Internet sports
media organization and part of CBS Digital Media, has
created a college fantasy football game that
will be sponsored by Dodge and
offered free of charge starting with the 2005 season. The company
is the first
major fantasy sports entity to enter the marketplace with a collegiate fantasy
football
game.leagues collegiate
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