(January 2, 2001)

WNBA, NBA, SportsLine.com Partner Up

NEW YORK, NY. (Jan. 2) -- The National Basketball Association, the Women's National Basketball Association and SportsLine.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLN), a leading global Internet sports media company and publisher of CBS SportsLine.com (cbs.sportsline.com), announced a multi-year global partnership encompassing a variety of strategic initiatives. The multi-faceted relationship includes licensing rights, a presenting sponsorship of the NBA's interactive talk show, the production of a fantasy game for NBA.com and various cross-promotional opportunities.

The relationship also crosses multiple platforms as the NBA and WNBA will provide SportsLine.com users with custom NBA video highlight packages, while SportsLine.com and its Euro-Asian subsidiary Sports.com will be provided with real-time scoring and statistics of every NBA and WNBA game and the right to make available to their users Audio League Pass, NBA.com's exclusive home and away radio feeds of every NBA game.

SportsLine.com will become a presenting sponsor of "The NBA Beat," an interactive basketball talk show -- a first for a professional sports league -- broadcast live on NBA.com TV, and fed via streaming audio on NBA.com and SportsLine.com, weekdays from 5-7 p.m. ET. The agreement also includes promotion of NBA.com and WNBA.com on all of CBS SportsLine.com's NBA and WNBA Web pages.

Other components of the agreement include: SportsLine.com's right to use NBA marks and logos throughout its site and within its fantasy basketball games; promotion of the SportsLine.com Web site within NBA.com's interactive coverage of "The NBA Beat;" and SportsLine.com's production of an official fantasy basketball game for NBA.com, "NBA Fantasy Basketball 2001," utilizing its Commissioner.com product.

"This alliance is another way in which the NBA and WNBA are providing fans with greater access to our games, our teams and our players," said NBA Commissioner David Stern. "Our relationship with SportsLine.com not only links NBA.com and WNBA.com with a leading Internet sports organization, but also offers a variety of cross-promotional opportunities."

SportsLine.com is very excited to enter this multi-year agreement with the NBA and WNBA, which have been very progressive and innovative in embracing new media, as demonstrated by 'The NBA Beat,' a first of its kind interactive talk show," said Michael Levy, founder and CEO of SportsLine.com, Inc. "This relationship ensures CBS SportsLine.com users will continue to receive the best coverage of professional basketball anywhere, while the promotion on NBA.com allows us to expand the reach of our best of breed content."

About SportsLine.com, Inc.
SportsLine.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLN) is at the leading edge of media companies providing Internet sports content, community and e-commerce on a global basis. SportsLine.com, Inc.'s content includes more than one million pages of multimedia sports information, entertainment and merchandise. The Company's flagship Internet sports service (http://cbs.sportsline.com) was renamed CBS SportsLine.com as part of an exclusive promotional and content agreement with CBS in March 1997. SportsLine.com, Inc. has strategic relationships with the NFL, Major League Baseball, the NBA and the PGA TOUR and serves as the primary sports content provider for America Online, Netscape and Excite. In 1999, the Company commenced operations in Europe through its subsidiary, Sports.com Limited.

About the NBA
Since its founding in 1946, the NBA has become a global phenomenon that transcends national boundaries. With 29 teams in the United States and Canada, the league has captured the public's imagination with the world's greatest athletes playing the game of basketball at the highest level of competition. Today NBA games and related programming are broadcast to 206 countries in 42 languages. The NBA, its teams and players annually donate million of dollars and hundreds of hours to charities and community outreach programs, including the NBA TeamUp Program, a league-wide grassroots initiative that encourages youth volunteerism.

The NBA is one of the largest suppliers of sports television and Internet programming in the world. Through NBA Entertainment, the league's award-winning production and programming division, the league produces NBA.com TV, a 24-hour television network, weekly television shows, and exclusive content for each of the NBA's team Web sites, and the league's official site, NBA.com. The league has partnered with the leading Internet content and technology providers, including AOL, IBM, Intel Corporation, USA Networks and Yahoo! to bring the game experience even closer to its fans worldwide. For more information on the NBA, visit www.nba.com.