The Cutting Edge: Computing / Technology / Innovation : Sports Fans Can Access All but Crowd’s Roar

OK, sports fans, log on--the Internet has some treats for you. Although the Net doesn’t yet offer hot dogs, peanuts or the roar of the crowd, it does give access to scores and information about your favorite professional teams. (Note: Many, if not all, of these servers are offered unofficially by private groups or individuals, and the accuracy and timeliness of the scores or other information may vary.)

Here’s a brief wrap-up.

* Football: National Football League schedules are available by typing telnet culine.colorado.edu 863 at your prompt. The professional football server at MIT offers a wealth of information about the upcoming season, including schedules, round-by-round draft selections, discussions of four realignment plans proposed by the NFL and other football facts. Type lynx https://www.mit.edu:8001/services/sis/NFL/NFL.html at the prompt.

* Basketball: National Basketball Assn. schedules are available by typing telnet culine.colorado.edu 859. Like the football server, the MIT basketball server offers team schedules, game recaps--even payroll information for those of you enamored with salary caps. Type lynx https://www.mit.edu:8001/services/sis/NBA/NBA.html at the prompt.

* Hockey: National Hockey League schedules are available by typing telnet culine.colorado.edu 860 at your prompt.

A more robust NHL schedule server is available by typing lynx https://www.cs.ubc.ca/nhl at the prompt.

To get information on other sports, such as figure skating, ultimate Frisbee, mountain biking, running or rowing, type lynx https://www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk-/sports/other.html at the prompt.