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MEDIA ADVISORY
                                          

WASHINGTON, DC BOWL COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL BOWL GAME

Press Conference at Memorial Plaza Slated for 9/10/08 (Wednesday)

WHO:

Adrian M. Fenty, Mayor, Washington, DC
Sean Metcalf, Principal, Washington, DC Bowl Committee
Marie Rudolph, Principal, Washington, DC Bowl Committee
Matthew D. Cutts, Board Chairman, DC Sports & Entertainment Commission
Erik A. Moses, Chief Executive Officer, DC Sports & Entertainment Commission           

Chet Gladchuk, Director of Athletics, US Naval Academy
Kevin Anderson, Director of Athletics, United States Military Academy

Michael Kelly, Associate Commissioner of Football Operations, Atlantic Coast Conference

Additional participants to be announced

WHAT: For the first time in history, Washington, DC will host a major NCAA-sanctioned college football postseason bowl game.  Selected speakers will make brief remarks and announce specific details of the upcoming game, including venue, title sponsor, benefiting charities and ticket purchase information.  Participants will field questions following the presentation of prepared statements.  Individual interviews following the press conference will be available upon request.

WHERE: Memorial Plaza, Pennsylvania Avenue, NW between 7th and 9th Streets

WHEN: September 10, 2008, 10:00 A.M.

Please RSVP through media@wdcbc.org with name and media affiliation.  Please indicate whether an individual interview is being requested.

Contact information:             Chinyere Hubbard, (202) 608-1126, CHubbard@dcsec.com
Haven Musashe, (703) 851-4004, hmusashe@wdcbc.org

Shaun May, (240) 676-4607, smay@bwfcom.com
 

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
                                          

EAGLEBANK SIGNS ON AS TITLE SPONSOR OF INAUGURAL EAGLEBANK BOWL

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(Washington, DC) – Bethesda, Maryland-based EagleBank has officially signed on as the title sponsor of the inaugural EagleBank Bowl—one of two new intercollegiate post-season bowl games approved by the NCAA. The announcement was made jointly today by Ronald D. Paul, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of EagleBank and Eagle Bancorp, Inc. and Robert P. Pincus, Vice Chairman of EagleBank and Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

The game will take place on Saturday, December 20 at RFK Stadium beginning at 11:00 a.m.  The event will be the first post-season bowl game of 2008 and will be broadcast live on ESPN.

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