22nd Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner Benefiting The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell


ADVISORY, Sept. 14, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) --



 What:
 The 22nd Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner Benefiting The Buoniconti
 Fund to Cure Paralysis will preside over the opening bell.

 Where:
 NASDAQ MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43rd & Broadway - Broadcast Studio

 When:
 Monday, September 17, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. ET

 Contacts:
 Mary Kaye Daniels
 Vice President
 BWR Public Relations
 212-901-3938; MaryKaye.Daniels@bwr-ny.com

 NASDAQ MarketSite:
 Jolene Libretto; 646.441.5220; mobile - 347.219.9539
 Jolene.Libretto@NASDAQ.com

Feed Information:

The opening bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. Galaxy 26, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can also be found on Waterfront fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Jolene Libretto at (646) 441-5220.

Radio Feed:

An audio transmission of the opening bell is also available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can be found on Waterfront fiber 1623 as well.

Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_about.stm.

Photos:

To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market open of your choice.

About The 22nd Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner Benefiting The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis:

Hosted by Tom Brokaw, and joined by special guest Bob Costas, all of the honorees will be in attendance. The 2007 Great Sports Legends honorees are: Earvin "Magic" Johnson - five-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers; John Elway - Denver Broncos Hall of Fame NFL quarterback; Mark Messier - New York Rangers three-time MVP and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee; Gary Player - winner of nine major golf championships, including three Masters, three British Opens, two PGA Championships and the U.S. Open; Kelly Slater - ASP (Association of Surfing Professionals) world champion title holder an unprecedented eight times; Joe Morgan - former Cincinnati Reds second baseman and National Baseball Hall of Fame member; Janet Evans - five-time Olympic medalist for swimming; Gil de Ferran - winner of the 2003 Indianapolis 500 and two-time winner of the Champ Car World Series; Lesley Visser - Sportscaster and the first woman to receive the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award

Along with NFL Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti and his son Marc Buoniconti and Dr. Barth Green, other celebrities, athletes and VIPs who are expected to attend include: New York Rangers star Sean Avery; former NFL Hall of Famer Harry Carson; former NFL player Kenneth "Ki-Jana" Carter; WABC-TV sports anchor Scott Clark; Olympian skating champion Dorothy Hamill; former WNBA player NY Liberty Kym Hampton; NFL Hall of Fame great Michael Irvin; former NY Giants linebacker Brian Lee Kelley; former NFL wide receiver Nathaniel Moore; former NFL quarterback Earl Morrall; and many more.