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JANUARY 2000
With the new millenium in full swing, sportsWIRE's attention went to the NFL playoffs and to the Super Bowl. sportsWIRE covered the game on it's "footballWIRE" page on their new host "FreeServers". sportsWIRE has had more success on FreeServers than it has on any other web hosting company. Even the "Mentos Kid Page" (which was last updated on january 4th, 2000) moved to the FreeServers server.
sportsWIRE also contiuned their promotion of the clashOF theCOASTS as they were on hand for a second battle of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Boston Bruins at the FleetCenter in Boston.

FEBRUARY 2000
As the WRHL grew into the "Beverly Roller Hockey League", Mike Gastonguay undertook the task of developing and maintaining the youth and intermediate division web pages. This month also brough the debut of Beverly High School sports to sportsWIRE TV as Gastonguay and Glidden covered selected games from the '99-2000 regular season.
sportsWIRE's web site was also active as they covered the events from the 50th annual NHL All-Star game. As the month progressed, sportsWIRE continued to cover hockey news on it's site with the addition of the "hockeyWIRE" page. An "nbaWIRE" page soon followed, providing information to basketball fans.
sportsWIRE invited international audiences to visit thier page by providing links and translations of the page on their server.

MARCH 2000
College sports took center stage in March as sportsWIRE covered the men's basketball and hockey championships. Hockey East was still covered extensively on the site as sportsWIRE gave special attention to the confrence in web design and televison projects. This was also the month that sportsWIRE TV changed channels as the entire BEV-TV network changed hands from channel 3 to channel 10.
March also brought the "second annual sportsWIRE awards". Fans were invited to vote for their favorite athletes and sports moments from the past year.

APRIL 2000
Another April trip was on the bill for Mike this month. sportsWIRE's chief brought his video equipment to Orlando, Florida for the first ever "sportsWIRE roadTRIP". Footage was taped from the All-Star Cafe, Disney's Wide World of Sports, and the ESPN Club. This footage was combined with the last roller hockey broadcast in sportsWIRE history. A page of links was provided concerning his Florida visit titled "sportsWIRE springBREAK"
When the 2000 baseball season began, sportsWIRE developed another page for baseball information and news. The new page was titled "baseballWIRE".
April also saw the continuation of wrestling coverage as sportsWIRE officially adopted the wrestling page that had been active with the "Mentos Kid" pages of the project's prior era. The new page was called "sportsWIRE's wrestling information page". Among the information on that page was pre and post event coverage of "WrestleMania 2000". Speaking about wrestling, the footballWIRE page broke the news of Vince McMahon's new "XFL" football league. April updates to footballWIRE included the XFL story as well as results from the 2000 Draft.

MAY 2000
Having broken all affiliations with the BRHL, sportsWIRE developed a base company called "wireMEDIA". The wireMEDIA Network would be a home for sports, entertainment, music, and travel on the web. In fact, wireMEDIA's inauguration brought another brand of sport to sportsWIRE TV, the Special Olympics. During this change, the sportsWIRE web site added a new title, "sportsWIRE wireWEB" and underwent a major revision.

AUGUST 2000
A two month hiatus saw the renewal of spirit in wireMEDIA. With a great season of football awaiting, "mikey G" (his nickname developed for the wireMEDIA network) established a fan poll in which football fans could cast their vote for an "All Fan Team" and have their picks compete against his own personal picks. This could have been one of the biggest promotional measures in the history of sportsWIRE. It came at a great time as sportsWIRE began work on it's second road trip. "sportsWIRE TV's wildWEST roadTRIP 2000" combined the action of the Massachusetts regional Special Olympics with a "mock" tour of Las Vegas and Southern California, in hopes of mikeyG hosting the show from the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim. He visited the WCW Nitro Grill, Dodger Stadium, Muscle Beach, NBC studios, Disneyland,and the Edison International Field and announced the winners of the fan poll from each location. This show was argueably the best show ever to air on BEV-TV 10. In addition to the television taping, many features were geared towards the sportsWIRE web site. Coverage of west coast sporting events (including Angels and Dodgers game) were added to the page along with other features pertaining to sports on the "sportsWIRE wildWEST adventure2000" page.
The entire wireMEDIA network was involved in this roadTRIP as well. In the "wildWEST adventure2000", they featured links and pictures of the crew from various points on the west coast.
Having been one of the most successful month in the project's history, sportsWIRE celebrated it's second anniversary in style.

SEPTEMBER 2000
In September, "musiKWIRE" (a new part of the wireMEDIA network) began some work with some of it's friends in "Fallout" (a band led by Gastonguay's friend, Keith Veilleux) and dj whatever. wireMEDIA taped two shows from the James Place Stage in Amesbury, Ma. The shows were successful. However, neither tape made the air due to conflicting projects. Both tapes are currently in wireMEDIA's independent archive.
The other project consuming most of wireMEDIA's time and attention was mikeyG's stint as public address announcer of Hurd Stadium in Beverly. Gastonguay was recruited by new Beverly High School athletic director, Elaine Paradis, in order to bring student energyback to the Panther football program. Gastonguay and Paradis assembled a student coverage team consisting of Phil Bjork, and former assistant captain of Panther varsity hockey, Ryan Laracy.

OCTOBER 2000
sportsWIRE did break from football long enough to give attention to the only meeting of the NHL's Mighty Ducks and Bruins during the 2000-2001 season. "coastCLASH 3" was covered by Gastonguay, but he was unable to attend the game as it was played in Anaheim, California.

NOVEMBER 2000
mikeyG's season of P.A. work fueled the fire that ws the thrid roadTRIP show. Gastonguay was the voice of the 102nd Beverly/Salem Thanksgiving game at Hurd Stadium. Ryan Laracy served as camera man for the final sports taping of 2000.

DECEMBER 2000
This month marked the begining of the end for the roadTRIP series. wireMEDIA began a "sportsWIRE newYORK" campaign. The campaign began as a measure to prepare New York audiences for sportsWIRE should the project relocate and be strictly geared to a New York based audience. The last roadTRIP included footage from ESPNZone, WWF New York, and Madison Square Garden, where the roadTRIP crew was treated to a Rangers/Avalanche NHL battle which was featured on the sportsWIRE newYORK web site.