Serious USA Nabs Dick Stockton to Voice NBA CD Cardz Sports Publisher to Debut NBA CD Cardz in March 2004

(PRWEB) February 17, 2004 --Serious USA, the worlds leading publisher of collectible CD Cardz, has announced that legendary sports broadcaster, Dick Stockton, will lend his voice to their 2004 NBA CD Cardz which hits store shelves in March. The announcement was made today by Chairman & President of Serious USA, David-Joseph Brown.
   
We are thrilled to be working with a broadcast veteran as renown as Dick Stockton," said Brown. This is a real coup for us as we enter the NBA market for the first time. Dicks voice is synonymous with big-time sports and his voice-over lends a level of authenticity to our CD Cardz that significantly enhances their entertainment value."
   
As a life-long sports fan and collector I couldnt think of a better way to get closer to the hobby that Ive grown up with," said Stockton. The Serious NBA CD Cardz are truly a one-of--a-kind collectible that are sure to have a major impact on the future of trading cards."

All NBA CD Cardz feature Dick Stockton announcing each player as the card begins with additional voice-overs throughout the card. The cardz also feature NBA video, digital photos, in-depth player bios, original music, screensavers, e-mail postcardz, interactive trivia and more. Randomly packaged as singles and three-packs, each pack has a suggested retail value of $3.99 and $9.99 respectively.

The 2004 NBA CD Cardz series will include 60 superstars from all 29 teams, and is highlighted by rookie sensations LeBron James and Carmello Anthony. The series will also feature the rest of the NBAs big-name players including Shaquille ONeal, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Allen Iverson and Yao Ming.

Dick Stockton, a 36-year broadcast veteran, is currently in his tenth season calling the NBA on TNT and just completed his eleventh season for the NFL on Fox. In addition to the NBA and NFL, Stockton has been behind the mic for the NHL, Major League Baseball, the NCAA Tournament and both the 1992 and 1994 Olympic Games. He received a CableAce nomination in 1997 for Sports play-by-play on TNT's NBA coverage, and was recognized by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001 when he won the Curt Gowdy electronic media award for excellence in basketball journalism.

Headquartered in New York with offices in London and Singapore, Serious USA is a privately owned, worldwide publisher of state-of-the-art interactive CD Cardz; with up to 80 megabytes of content, all Cardz are both Windows and Mac compatible requiring no additional software or installation and are reminiscent in shape to traditional trading cards. A pioneer in '21st Century Collectible CD Cardz, the Serious CD-Roms are presently being sold at over 40,000 retail outlets worldwide and online at www.serious.com. In addition to their current partners at the NFL, NBA and Euro 2004, Serious has produced CD Cardz for New-Line Cinema, Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Warner Brothers Pictures, Miramax Films, Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox bringing movie fans some of the hottest Hollywood titles including Spider-Man and The Lord of the Rings.

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