The dot-com collapse had sent the Bay area into the doldrums.

Following the dot-com collapse, the company was divided and sold off.

With the dot-com collapse and the general cooling of the economy, the advertising market has been lukewarm at best all year.

By spring of 2000 some weaknesses began to show up with the dot-com collapse.

The company's stock, which neared $100 before the dot-com collapse, has traded near $1 in recent months.

But with the dot-com collapse, Sun went into a precipitous decline.

So when the former executive found herself at the wrong end of the dot-com collapse, she decided to follow her passion.

Chalk up another class of victims of the dot-com collapse.

That bubble burst along with the dot-com collapse in 2001.

For now, the aftermath of the dot-com collapse is playing in Global Sports' favor.