Rawlings to Offer Free E-Mail

September 16th 1999

ST. LOUIS – With the millennium around the corner, Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, INC., (NASDAQ: RAWL), one of the oldest sporting goods manufacturers in the world, recently teamed up with TEK 21 and Chek Inc. to bring free e-mail to sports fans of www.rawlings.com. By joining forces with the New York based TEK 21, a innovative web provider, Rawlings’ registered users will have access to free e-mail on any Internet accessible computer.

Highlighting the free Rawlings web based e-mail; fans can access the service through unique sports driven domain names. Baseball fans can utilized their free e-mail account through rawlingssports.com. If you are a fanatic of the homerun chase between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, sign up for free e-mail on homerunpower.com. Or if pitching is your passion, @throwenheat.com can be your domain.

“We are very excited about our new partnership with TEK 21,” said Scott Rudloff, Internet Marketing Manager at Rawlings. “For years, Rawlings has been the leader in innovative sporting goods. With this new service, Rawlings will again remain on the cutting edge on today’s high tech information highway, and provide a free service for the sports fans out there.”

Rawlings, founded in 1887, is a major manufacturer of competitive team sports equipment and apparel for baseball, basketball and football, as well as licensed MLB., NHL. and NCAA. retail products. Rawlings is a major supplier to professional, collegiate, interscholastic and amateur organizations worldwide, including the Official Baseball Supplier to Major League. Baseball and Minor League Baseball, as well as the Official Basketball and Baseball for NCAA., NAIA., and NJCAA Championships.