HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ONLINE: USA TODAY's Michael Hiestand
profiles SportsCapsule.com, a N.Y.-based Web company that
"wants to create video coverage of high school sports and
make it available" on the Web. The company says that it
"has enlisted hundreds of schools" so far, including "at
least one in every state," by offering $1,500 "in gear,
including a digital video camera and a VCR." The company
charges users $10-20 a game and "hopes to develop several
markets beyond hard-core sports fans" (USA TODAY, 9/14).
MORE MOVES AT SFX: The SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL's Andy
Bernstein reports that SFX Entertainment "has quietly picked
up" a one-third stake in UltraStar Internet Services, which
"is in talks" to acquire American City Studios, the Web
design firm which recently entered into a three-year,
multimillion-dollar deal with the Yankees. But Bernstein
writes that if a deal is completed, there are "indications"
that ACS "would probably not become part of the rapidly
growing SFX Sports Group" (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 9/14).
NOTES: The WALL STREET JOURNAL's Kemba Dunham writes
that MVP.com, a joint venture between John Elway and
JWGenesis Financial, "is looking to score a CEO." MVP.com
COO Joel Marks says salary will be "between $150,000 and
$250,000" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 9/14).....AFLAC has expanded
its sports trivia advertising to include interactive trivia
features on ESPN.com, CNNSI.com and CBS SportsLine (AFLAC).
