News: Triad Interactive, Inc. Participates in the 2006 Hoops for the Homeless
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 10, 2006

Triad Interactive participated in the Hoops for the Homeless® charity event at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. The event raised more than $850,000 for nonprofits that help children and families who are homeless. The Hoops for the Homeless® is a 3-on-3 basketball tournament with celebrity coaches, including Earvin "Magic" Johnson.

The DC area has more than 14,000 homeless people and nearly half of the area's homeless population are families. All of the proceeds from Freddie Mac's Hoops for the Homeless will be divided among the nonprofits selected for 2006:

• The National Alliance to End Homelessness
• Transitional Housing Corporation (THC) (DC)
• Coalition for the Homeless (DC)
• The Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless (MD)
• Silver Spring Interfaith Housing Coalition (SSIHC) (MD)
• Shelter House (VA)
• New Hope Housing (VA)

This 3-on-3 tournament was a daylong event featuring round robin play with 49 area teams. Each team raised at least $1,000 and was assigned a celebrity coach. In addition to Earvin "Magic" Johnson, other celebrities who participated in this year's Hoops for the Homeless tournament included Washington Redskin Shawn Springs, former Washington Redskins' Charles Mann, Art Monk, Ken Harvey and Brian Mitchell, Washington Wizard Donell Taylor, Washington Mystics' Alana Beard and Nikki Teasley and Baltimore Raven Mark Clayton.

Triad Interactive’s team, Team Triad, included, Sean Eddy, Tandreia Green, Jason Ross, David “Vlad” Urban and Torger “Elbows” Wuellner . Triad’s celebrity coach was Chuck Hinton of the Washington Senators.

Team Triad lost its first two games, but came back in the third with a decisive victory. Leaving the tournament with a huge win, the team is gearing up for next year’s tournament.

To read more about Hoops for the Homeless, please visit www.hoopsforthehomeless.org.