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Win a Clinic for Your Team with Joe Torre at Yankee Stadium Sweepstakes at Modell’s Stores.

Joint Effort of Joe Torre’s Virtual Baseball Academy and Modell’s Sporting Goods

NEW YORK, May 10, 2007 – New York Yankees manager Joe Torre is teaming with Modell’s Sporting Goods for a sweepstakes where four Grand Prize winners will have the opportunity bring eleven (11) guests, between 7 and 14 years of age, to participate in a Baseball Clinic hosted by Joe Torre and conducted by Yankees coaches at Yankee Stadium on Friday, August 17, 2007. The “Win a Clinic for your team with Joe Torre at Yankee Stadium” Sweepstakes is exclusive to Modell’s stores where Joe Torre’s Virtual Baseball Academy DVD is sold.

To enter the sweepstakes, go to Modell’s and purchase the Joe Torre’s Virtual Baseball Academy DVD. There will be a sticker on the back of the product with a special code that can be entered for your chance to win at www.joetorrebaseball.com. The product, viewable as a CD-Rom or DVD, features Joe Torre's coaching methods to teach youth baseball coaches, parents, and players the right way to play baseball. It includes baseball drills that are simple and effective; practice plans for youth baseball coaches and it also teaches the mental aspects of the game.

"This is a unique product because it’s done in 3D animation," said Torre. “When you combine that technology with my method of teaching the game, we think we have created the best baseball training product in the market,” he added. “I am very excited to have partnered with Modell’s on this sweepstakes and to have the opportunity to work with these kids.

About Joe Torre:
Joe Torre, the 31st manager of the New York Yankees, just completed his 11th season with the club. During his tenure, the Yankees have made the playoffs every year. He has led the Yankees to six (6) World Series appearances during the 11-year span, winning four (4) World Series Championships, most recently in 2000 vs. the Mets. A nine-time All-Star during his 18-year playing career, Torre was voted the NL Most Valuable Player in 1971 when he hit .363 with 24 HR and 137 RBI.

He is the co-author of two books: Chasing the Dream: My Lifelong Journey to the World Series (Bantam 1997,1998), a memoir, and the inspirational management guide, Joe Torre's Ground Rules for Winners: 12 Keys to Managing Team Players, Tough Bosses, Setbacks, and Success (Hyperion 1999). In 2002, Torre and his wife Ali launched the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation whose mission is to develop educational programs that will end the cycle of domestic violence and save lives

About Van Wagner Sports Group, LLC
Van Wagner Sports Group, LLC is a leading national sports consulting and media sales organization and a subsidiary of Van Wagner Communications, LLC. The Sports Group offers Consulting and Field Execution capabilities that bring strategically crafted advertiser initiatives to life via measurable, results-producing sponsorship programs. Additionally, the Sports Group provides highly visible in-game signage placements at over 200 professional and collegiate venues via Dorna U.S.A., LLC’s made-for-television rotational signage systems and Media and Sponsorship Sales services that enable advertisers to extend reach by aligning brands with appropriate sports teams, leagues and properties in packages that are customized both nationally and regionally. The Sports Group’s relationships and expertise help steward brands efficiently through the complex sports and entertainment landscape. With these premium services and capabilities, Van Wagner Sports Group, provides dominant or leading locations, products and opportunities in each of the markets in which it competes.
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About Immersion Media
Immersion Media uses motion-captured 3D animation technology to create leading edge sports training and fan-based media products. Working with partners that include the NFL, Major League Baseball, NASCAR.com and the NBA, Immersion distributes its content on CDs, DVDs, through the Internet and on mobile devices. Its retail products include The Virtual Lacrosse Academy, released in the spring of 2006 and Virtual Soccer Skills: Top 20 Moves for Youth Soccer Players.
www.imsports.com

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Marc Zwerdling
Van Wagner Sports Group
212-699-8623
mzwerdling@vanwagner.com or
Rick Perko
Immersion Media
910/868-8441
rickp@imsports.com