1999 Magic Worlds to Air Tonight on ESPN2

The 1999 World Championship finals for the internationally renowned Magic: The Gathering trading card game are scheduled for broadcast this fall on ESPN2. Held last week in Tokyo, Japan, the $250,000 Magic: The Gathering World Championships featured the best in professional tournament competition between national teams and individual competitors from 40 countries across the globe.

ESPN2 will highlight play-by-play action of the final rounds in team and individual competition, capturing the dramatic championship match between competitors from the United States and Germany. Fans across the world who were unable to attend the event can watch the strategic and competitive game play of many of the top professionals of the Magic game, including the 1999 World Champion Kai Budde of Germany and American Pro Tour veterans Kyle Rose, Charles Kornblith, Zvi Mowshowitz and John Hunka.

The 1999 Magic: The Gathering World Championships marks the third consecutive year that ESPN2 is covering this international competition. ESPN2 is ranked as a leading cable network for sports and is the 19th-most widely distributed commercial cable network in the United States. It recently reached a benchmark of 65 million subscribers and continues to steadily increase its share of the network sports audience, ranking only behind the No. 1-viewed channel, ESPN, among all cable networks. For more information on the 1999 Magic: The Gathering World Championship broadcast and the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour, visit the Wizards of the Coast website at <www.wizards.com>.

When:
Saturday, October 23, 1:00 a.m. EDT; (Friday, October 22, 10:00 p.m. PDT)
Wednesday, November 24, 1:00 a.m. EST; (Tuesday, November 23, 10:00 p.m. PST)