- http://www.athletedirect.com/ - Through AthletesDirect, you have the opportunity to interact with your favorite players on a daily basis. Throughout the preseason, the regular season and the playoffs, AthletesDirect brings you face-to-face with many of the greatest names in sports. And during the offseason, find out what your favorite athletes like to do away from the field. Gain exclusive insights from all the athletes on AthletesDirect. Send them daily messages via the message boards. Send them advice or give them encouragement- many players read their messages and e-mails, and respond regularly. You can even chat online with your favorite stars. Karl Malone logged in the night he won his second MVP award. Brett Favre chatted the day before the Super Bowl. Steve Young, Teemu Selanne, Mia Hamm, Tony Gwynn and Dennis Rodman have all chatted live for AthletesDirect.
- http://www.legendsdirect.com/ - LegendsDirect, an accompanying site to AthletesDirect, has many of the same features. These retired athletes contribute journals, join chats and answer email from visitors to the site. The athletes include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Henry Ellard, Eddie Murray, Brooks Robinson and others that'll take you back in time. Revisit legendary games and listen to legendary tales.
- http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players - Search ESPN for your favorite baseball player. Each return provides you with that player's profile, including a short bio, career info, stats and anecdotes.
- http://www.nflplayers.com/ - Run a search for your favorite NFL players at this official site. You will be supplied with short bios, interview clips, player stats, player journals and email addresses, if possible.
- More links about Sports in our alternate directory
- http://www.athletenow.com/ - Athlete Now is a great site for fans who want to interact with players and learn about life in the pros. Athlete Now has contracts with over 50 athletes in baseball, basketball, football, soccer and hockey. These athletes range from current stars like Gary Payton, Mike Hampton and Vin Baker to stars of yesterday such as Charles Barkley, Jim Rice and Bob Gibson. These athletes regularly post journals, take part in chats, and answer emails right on the site.
- http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ - Search for your favorite NBA player by position or by team at CNN/SI. Each search results in that player's bio, stats and stories.
- http://espn.go.com/nhl/ - Profiles of your favorite NHL players, including bios, stats, and stories can be found here at ESPN.
- http://sports.yahoo.com/pga/players.html - Find information regarding your favroite PGA players at Yahoo, including bios, stats, rankings and tournament results.
- http://hometown.aol.com/mgoodbytes/ - This site will add some fun to your day. Any fans of Chris Berman should bookmark this page, for it contains a long list of Bermanisms, Berman's nicknames for professional athletes. While this list only contains Berman's baseball nicknames, there are so many that you will be entertained for quite awhile. Could you imagine a nickname for Delino Deshields? Or Ross Baumgarten? How about Esteban Loaiza? Also in the list are retired players, such as Alan "Have Gun, Will" Trammell.
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