Eugene Williams Wins EA SPORTS Madden Challenge, Jesse Hanninen Wins EA SPORTS NCAA Challenge

After four months of fierce competition in the 3rd annual EA SPORTS™ Madden Challenge and the inaugural EA SPORTS™ NCAA® Challenge tournaments from Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS), Eugene "Big Gene" Williams, Washington, D.C Champion, became the National 2004 EA SPORTS Madden Challenge Champion on Madden NFL 2005 and Jesse Hanninen, of Florida State University, is the 2004 NCAA Challenge Champion on NCAA® Football 2005.