I did it slightly different...
I used this hack:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=97901
put the $vboptions[fhheader] where I wanted it and in the Admin -> Forums Home page Options section added this code to show in the header:
Code:
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<iframe src="http://espn.go.com/bottomline/espnewsbottomlinebasic.html" height="44px" width="100%">
</iframe>
</td>
</tr>
Works perfectly for me.
http://www.wsforums.org/forums/