Kenny Mayne hosted the show,[1] and began each player's turn at the front game by telling them, "Your 2-minute drill begins now!"

This time, the scoreboard was computerized to match the on-screen graphics, and the current question and answer would be shown to the home viewers who were playing along.

When the show made aesthetic changes for season two, Mayne got his own desk and sat to one side of the panel; he thus ceased to be an active part of the front game (as in, he no longer asked any of the questions).

The winner would get an untimed question (usually with more than one part) in a category that they chose as their area of expertise (usually a specific sports team of the past or single athlete).

The finals involved the two semifinal winners and the contestant who had the highest score among nonwinners (i.e. a wild card).

The winner received another ESPN Experience and $50,000, with a final shot to double their earnings to $100,000 in the bonus round, thus making total winnings a possible $200,000 in the event players get all their specialty category questions correct.

In seasons two and three, the tournament was changed to a two-player game; the rules involving wild cards were eliminated as a result.

The third season premiered on September 18, 2001, in its normal primetime slot, but was moved to late nights later on in the run.

The final tournament was won by Syracuse University student and ESPN The Magazine writer Adesina Koiki.

In a negative review, Hod Smolka of PC Gamer wrote, "In actuality, the game is dull as a doorjamb.

The real fun of trivia is not in knowing the exact answer all the time, but in being asked questions that require some analysis before determin- ing the correct response.