REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and NEW YORK, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- In a joint effort to build a connected community on NBCSports.com, social games provider Bunchball has created four community-driven games for the website. A user- generated trivia game and a matching game are available today for both the golf channel and hockey (NHL) channel of the site.

Members of the NBCSports.com community can submit their own questions for the trivia games, which are then voted upon by other players. Questions are rated on a scale from poor to excellent where the most popular questions will appear in the game. The trivia games include, NBC Sports Golf Trivia Challenge and NHL on NBC Trivia Face-Off and can be played online at: NHL Trivia: http://www.nbcsports.com/nhl/1251842/detail.html Golf Trivia: http://www.nbcsports.com/golf/1207641/detail.html

The two matching games, NBC Sports Golf Match-Up and NHL on NBC Match-3 Challenge, require players to swap adjacent items to create identical sets of 3 or more. The goal of the game is to outscore your opponent by creating more combinations. The NHL on NBC Match-3 Challenge will have players matching icons representing 30 different team logos while the NBC Sports Golf Match-Up will have players matching golf-related items, including golf carts, 18th hole flags, golf balls and the NBC logo. Bunchball games increase the connection between these members who share a common interest in sports and provide an additional layer upon which members can communicate and interact online. The matching games can be found online at: NHL Match: http://www.nbcsports.com/nhl/1291809/detail.html Golf Match: http://www.nbcsports.com/golf/1323546/detail.html

"NBCSports.com is committed to delivering the excitement and passion of sports on all of our digital platforms," says Perkins Miller, senior vice president, digital media, NBC Sports & Olympics. "Through our partnership with Bunchball, we can provide a new way for our users to connect with people who share that same passion for sports."

For NBCSports.com, Bunchball integrated its FastPlay service to help build community. By simply clicking on the "Play Now" link, up to eight players can be matched simultaneously in the trivia games or head to head in the matching games. Alternatively, users can invite a friend to play, whereby a link is sent via email inviting that friend to play.

"Since sports fans already have a heightened enthusiasm for the teams and players they love, NBCSports.com and Bunchball were a perfect match," said Rajat Paharia, founder and CEO of Bunchball. "Bunchball games give these fans another outlet to share their passion with other sports fans; it's like a digital tailgate party."

About Bunchball

Bunchball is the leading provider of social gaming services to online dating sites, social networks, and online communities of all sizes. Founded in February 2005, the company is focused on creating enhanced community experiences. Bunchball is based out of Redwood City, CA and can be found online at http://www.bunchball.com/.

About NBCSports.com

NBCSports.com, launched in September 2006, is one of the fastest growing sports content websites on the Internet. It provides comprehensive sports coverage, including scores, stats and analysis for all the major sports including the NFL, College Football, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, PGA TOUR, College Basketball, Poker, Tennis and more.

The site features stories and features from some of the industries foremost sportswriters including Alan Abrahamson, John Walters and Tom Curran, live streaming webcasts including "NHL on NBC Faceoff" - an NHL pre-game show, the NYC Marathon and the FIS World Ski Championships. Additionally, there is an extensive video clip library, a variety of interactive features and blogs from a number of NBC Sports broadcasters and pro athletes including Giants kicker Jay Feely, Jaguars lineman Marcellus Wiley and NBCSports.com's resident hockey expert "The Bellowing Moose."

The fantasy sports, including football, baseball, basketball, hockey, NASCAR and golf, are powered by AllStarStats and Rotoworld, companies that were acquired in September of 2006 in order to supplement the offerings of NBCSports.com. Rotoworld.com site is the highest-trafficked, fantasy sports content site on the Internet.

PR Contacts for Bunchball: Susan Lusty 206-331-4659 slusty@earthlink.net Karen Blondell 310-325-6405 kblondell@sbcglobal.net For NBCSports.com: Adam Freifeld 201-965-2971 Freifeld10@yahoo.com

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CONTACT: Susan Lusty, +1-206-331-4659, slusty@earthlink.net, or Karen
Blondell, +1-310-325-6405, kblondell@sbcglobal.net, both for Bunchball; or
Adam Freifeld for NBCSports.com, +1-201-965-2971, Freifeld10@yahoo.com

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