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How can I get instant sports headlines and scores?
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How can I catch a live game?
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Q How can I catch a live game?
A Cool. The Sharks have a 4:30 p.m. game with the Panthers. Too bad you'll be involved with this thing called work. And what about all those great games you miss because of the lousy West-Coast coverage? Not to worry, you can catch the game live on the Net. (We won't tell your boss.)

Many larger sports sites Webcast athletic events, and new streaming audio technologies offer near-CD quality sound. All you need is a modem, a Net connection, and the appropriate audio plug-in. Hosting sites usually provide a link to download any plug-in you need. Then click on the icon that says something like Tune In. It's that easy.

If your favorite team is playing across the country or in the Eastern Hemisphere, you may still be able to find it's audio Webcast. Radio Tower links to several local radio stations. You can hear highlights from the Bulls' court from WMVP Chicago, listen to previews from the Panthers' rink from WQAM 560 Miami, and catch recaps of the Vols' victories from WHBQ Sports 56 Memphis, and lots more. To find international Webcasts, you can search and browse.

If you're not sure which game is on at what time, several sites will give you Net program schedules. Live Events, for example, works just like a programming grid. First go to the bottom of the entire list and select your preferences -- the subjects and times you're interested in -- and up pops a corresponding list of Webcasts.

AudioNet's sports programming and ESPN's Live Audio are other good sources for Webcast information.

If you want to see some action, you have a couple options, but, trust me, you'd rather sneak away to your local bar for live TV coverage.

Can't get away? Sites such as Instant Sports offer a Java-enhanced simulation of a baseball game that's updated within a minute or two of the action in the ballpark. Animated figures act out the players' moves. It's kinda like watching Pitfall Harry run the bases on a video for your old Atari. Monday Night Football Play by Play is another Java-based application with which you can watch a video version "live."

Better still, SportsLine has teamed with VDOnet to Webcast video of a sports event. Right now video sports coverage on the Net is sparse. (That's what we have TV for.) But SportsLine boasts that it will continue to broadcast live sporting events on the Net.

 
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