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76ers To Hold Inaugural Teddy Bear Drive

Philadelphia, PA - February 6, 2008- The Philadelphia 76ers, in partnership with Comcast SportsNet, are getting set to tip-off the inaugural Teddy Bear Drive on Saturday, February 9 when the Sixers take on the Los Angeles Clippers at 7:30 p.m. The Sixers are asking fans to come out and donate a new teddy bear (tag included), which will be donated to pediatric units at area hospitals.

Donations will be accepted upon entry at the Wachovia Center. All those who donate will receive a coupon that grants them access to an exclusive post-game autograph session featuring Thaddeus Young and Reggie Evans.

Additionally, one lucky bear will be heading out on a “Teddy Bear Tour,” sporting a small Sixers jersey signed by the entire team. During the tour, members of the local media will also be asked to autograph the jersey, which will then be put up for auction on SIXERS.COM, with all proceeds benefitting Sixers Charities.

Comcast SportsNet operates 10 sports networks that cover more than 2,400 live sporting events annually and deliver comprehensive sports news and analysis to nearly 40 million cable and satellite homes. Comcast SportsNet’s networks are: Comcast SportsNet Chicago, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, Comcast SportsNet New England, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, Comcast SportsNet West, Comcast SportsNet Northwest, SportsNet New York, FSN Bay Area, The Mtn. – MountainWest Sports Network, and CSS. These networks provide live game coverage of 18 professional teams as well as college, minor league and other sports. For more information see ComcastSportsNet.com.

Comcast-Spectacor (comcast-spectacor.com) is the Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment company which owns the Philadelphia Flyers (NHL), the Philadelphia 76ers (NBA), the Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL), the two arenas in which their teams play, the Wachovia Center and Wachovia Spectrum, four Flyers Skate Zone community ice skating and hockey rinks and Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia. In addition, Comcast-Spectacor is also the principal owner of Global Spectrum, the fastest growing firm in the public assembly management field with more than 70 facilities throughout the United States and Canada; Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage service provider; New Era Tickets, a ticketing and marketing company for public assembly facilities; Front Row Marketing Services, a commercial rights sales company; and 3601 Creative Group, a full-service in-house advertising agency. In a partnership with Disson Skating, Comcast-Spectacor annually produces 10 nationally televised figure skating spectaculars on NBC.