Sprint Phone-A-Friend @ NFLPLAYERS LIVE! Gives Fans Across the Country an Opportunity to Connect With NFL Stars Saturday, Feb. 3 at the NFL Experience

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PLAYERS INC and Sprint (NYSE: S) have teamed up to offer fans attending the NFL Experience at Super Bowl XLI on Saturday, February 3rd a memorable mobile experience. From noon to 6 p.m. ET on the Main Stage, Sprint Phone-A-Friend @ NFLPLAYERS LIVE! will give fans the opportunity to have NFL stars call a friend or family member directly from Sprint wireless phones. Four NFL players will line-up to deliver messages each hour throughout the day, totaling 24 players in all.

Additionally, FOX SPORTS RADIO will be broadcasting "FOX Super Bowl Saturday" nationally with John Fricke, Andrew Siciliano, Lincoln Kennedy and Todd Lyght live from the event.

  Some of the NFL players scheduled to smile and dial include:*

  Ronnie Brown (Miami), Derrick Dockery (Washington), London Fletcher
  (Buffalo), Robert Gallery (Oakland), Tamba Hali (Kansas City), Larry Izzo
  (New England), Steven Jackson (St. Louis), Jevon Kearse (Philadelphia),
  Roman Oben (San Diego), Shaun Phillips (San Diego), Bart Scott
  (Baltimore), Darren Sharper (Minnesota), LJ Smith (Philadelphia), Rod
  Smith (Denver), Chester Taylor (Minnesota), Jonathan Vilma
  (New York Jets), and Brian Westbrook (Philadelphia).

  *players are subject to change

All player appearances and marketing opportunities for all NFL sponsors throughout the year are arranged by PLAYERS INC, the licensing and marketing subsidiary of the NFL Players Association. NFLPLAYERS LIVE! is a consumer focused event created by PLAYERS INC in an effort to highlight players as real people with real passion and real personalities.

About PLAYERS INC

Formed in 1994, PLAYERS INC is the licensing and marketing subsidiary of the NFL Players Association. Representing more than 1,800 active and 3,500 retired NFL players, PLAYERS INC "takes the helmets off" the players and markets them as personalities as well as professional athletes. Through an exclusive sponsorship agreement between the NFL and PLAYERS INC, NFL players are integrated into NFL sponsor activation programs through PLAYERS INC. In addition, under an exclusive agreement between the NFL and PLAYERS INC, NFLPLAYERS.COM, PLAYERS INC's official website, is part of the NFL Internet Network. Each year PLAYERS INC negotiates and facilitates more than 3,500 player marketing opportunities for NFL players. PLAYERS INC activities include retail licensing, corporate sponsorships and promotions, special events, radio and television projects, publishing and internet. For more information, please visit NFLPLAYERS.COM.

About Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two robust wireless networks serving more than 51 million customers at the end of third quarter 2006; industry-leading mobile data services; instant national and international walkie-talkie capabilities; and an award-winning and global Tier 1 Internet backbone. For more information, visit http://www.sprint.com/