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FSB Daily 10/24: Barack Obama Gets Serious with Fantasy

Friday, October 24th, 2008

A roundup up recent posts on the FSB News page.

– Barack Obama not only joined Rick Reilly for some fantasy football in Week 6, he apparently got serious about it. John McCain is reportedly wondering how many positions Sammy Baugh is allowed to play.

– Razzball ranks the 20 biggest busts among pitchers in fantasy baseball 2008. Of course, if you drafted a guy or two on the list, you might not want to relive your disappointment.

– eMarketer reports that 63.4 percent of Americans use the internet at least once a month and projects a rate that should reach 70 percent around 2014.

– The completion of an audit by the Media Rating Council reportedly gives Nielsen a step in its race with comScore to be the first accredited Web-audience ratings service.

– Through all the talk of social media and Web 2.0 principles, a survey by Forrester Research finds that business-to-business marketers stick to their traditional methods.

– BetAmerica.com is betting on fantasy football to draw consumers to its new parlay contest.

– As online ad sales continue to be troubled, Yahoo is supposedly close to cutting a bunch of jobs in that area.

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FSB Daily 8/28: College Football, Fantasy Fun

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page.

– Plenty of auction-drafters on ESPN.com have relearned the importance of paying attention while you draft.

– Not only is Satan at the center of nearly all fantasy football controversies, but I’m also pretty sure he’s responsible for Warren Sapp getting a TV deal.

– The NCAA doesn’t appear to have accepted CBS’ naming of players in its fantasy college football game.

– This simultaneously creative and insane concept combines eight sports into a single fantasy league.

– How does your god stack up in fantasy terms?

– Forget about whether he can lead the free world. Can Barack Obama show up for his league’s fantasy football draft?

– Some people not only hate fantasy but get really stupid about it.

– Former Rotohog senior VP Scott Philp has moved on to Play Hard.

Macworld magazine offers a critique of the new fantasy football tools available to iPhone users.

– At least one newspaper has noticed that more women are starting to play fantasy sports.

– Registrants in the World Championship of Fantasy Football this year will get a free entry into SportsBuff.com’s salary-cap fantasy football contest.

– More Big Ten fans will get to see the conference’s network this season.

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