FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 12, 2002

MEDAL GAMES FROM WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
TO BE TELEVISED NEXT MONTH

The gold and bronze medal games from the International Softball Federation's (ISF) X Women's World Championship will be televised next month, it was announced today. The America One television network will air the two games that were played on Sunday, August 4 in Bob Van Impe Stadium in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada).

"We're very happy to be able to have America One showing these games," ISF President Don Porter said. "Both contests were very exciting and we know that will come across in the telecasts and that those watching at home will feel that."

The games, which were produced by Hartland Productions on-site at the Women's World Championship, will air as a doubleheader on America One on Sunday, October 20, beginning at 6 p.m. Eastern time. Tony Sellars calls the play-by-play and Elissa Walker-Campbell provides color commentary. The gold medal game features the United States vs. Japan while Japan takes on Chinese Taipei in the bronze medal game. As a result of their reaching the medals round, each of those four teams qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics, to be played in Athens, Greece.

America One is a 24-hour family-oriented network currently being distributed to over 125 affiliates, reaching over 21 million households through broadcast and cable. The America One television network boasts the exclusive United States broadcast rights to the Canadian Football League (CFL). America One, and its list of affiliates, can be found on the Internet at www.americaone.com.

The International Softball Federation, celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2002, is the governing body of softball internationally as recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF). The ISF organizes and conducts world championship competition in women's and men's fast pitch, junior women's and men's fast pitch, women's, men's, and coed slow pitch, and women's and men's modified pitch. Softball (women's fast pitch) made its Olympic debut at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. There are 125 affiliated countries in the ISF and over 40 million participants in the sport worldwide.

For more information, please contact ISF Director of Communications Bruce Wawrzyniak at brucew@internationalsoftball.com or (813) 864-0100, ext. 229.