Any old fans of the Talented Mr. Roto site might have some trouble finding Pete Becker these days … unless they speak French.

According to his fantasy survey on ESPN.com — which the Worldwide Leader is having its fantasy personalities fill out — “Becker” is now writing under his given name: Pierre Becquey.

“I’ve gone by the pen name of Pete Becker for the past five years, but the reasons for it no longer exist,” he writes.

He doesn’t go into greater detail, but you can count on FSB.com to try to track down more information on this and all other hard-hitting news stories that send ripples throughout our industry.

As for the other ESPN fantasy surveys, here are some interesting tidbits:

Matthew Berry believes strongly in Jorge de la Rosa and all things 90210.

Tristan Cockroft thinks that Carlos Zambrano, Erik Bedard and Jake Peavy are all headed for the operating room this year.

Jason Grey wants to revive and commandeer the Nego League hall of fame nickname “Cool Papa.” He’s magnanimously placing “Old Hoss” on the open market, though, and has decided for some reason to leave “Wee” to Willie Keeler.

Christopher Harris is pretty sure he’ll be fired in 2009, which would leave fantasy NASCAR fans driving in circles.

Eric Karabell believes that the women of New England will be left in tears once again as Brady misses a second season.

Keith Lipscomb doesn’t think Dwyane Wade will spend nearly as much time in a wheelchair this year (unless, of course, he suffers an eye injury).

A.J. Mass says that Roy Halladay should be the first pitcher drafted in fantasy baseball leagues. (Though it’s tough to take anyone seriously who admits to being a Syracuse football fan.)

James Quintong thinks Joba Chamberlain will make his way back to the bullpen, where nipple rings are far more effective.

Nate Ravitz believes that Cedric Benson will rush for 1,000 yards for the Bengals in 2009. In related news, ESPN recently suspended drug testing for fantasy employees.

Brendan Roberts says the Rays will get over the hump and win the World Series. Pat Burrell asks that Phillies fans please stop referring to him as “the hump.”

Kevin Rounce believes that Matt Berry will overcome the urge to build on the artistry of Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles and remain in his Bristol digs.

Name: Ngozika Nwaneri
Nickname: FWG Wani
Job title(s): founder and president of Amiri Business Solutions Ltd., the parent company to PASPN.net
Full-time in fantasy? Yes
Age: 29
Education: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science MIT Class of 2001
Family status: Single
Favorite fantasy sport to play and why: Fantasy football, because of the close friends and colleagues I play with each year.
Favorite sport to watch: NFL Football
Favorite team (any sport): Detroit Pistons & LIONS!
All-time favorite athlete: Isaiah Thomas
Years playing fantasy: 5 years

I got my start in the fantasy industry when: I got in contact with Jim Enright at Fanball.com when I was looking for a stats provider in order to experiment with the regular season concept of the Mock GM game. Fanball answered the call, and then later told me about the FSTA. From my first conference in February 2008 I knew there was no turning back.

Since then, my fantasy résumé includes: N/A

Three questions

1) You’re Mock GM fantasy basketball game is up for three FSTA awards this year. What makes the game new, different and intriguing when compared with what else is on the market?
What makes the Mock GM game new and intriguing is the feeling you get controlling an NBA team as if you are a real NBA GM using the rules of the collective bargaining agreement. There is a sense of ownership and accomplishment when you take over an existing NBA team and their current financial situation and turn that team into a contender. The game allows the user to live out their dreams of managing their favorite NBA team.

What changed from the 2004 origination to the 2008 relaunch?
Each year we add more pieces of the CBA to the game. The biggest change since 2004 was the addition of the regular season (real-time) portion of the game, where mock GMs play out their off-season moves in head-to-head competition with other mock GMs in an NBA-like, 18-week regular season during the NBA regular season.

2) You’ve been into programming and web design since before college. What first got you interested in that area and what were your earliest projects?
I was in a computer science program at the University of Maryland the summer before my senior year in high school, and for our final project we had to create a website. The website I created was the first version of what is today PASPN.net. You can say the project did not stop that summer of 1996 and has continued developing over the next 12 years.

3) Other than the Mock GM game, what other kinds of things fall under the PASPN.net umbrella? What, if anything, do you do on a professional level outside of running PASPN.net?
PASPN.net is an online community for all NBA fans and is a source for content and news for all things related to the NBA and fantasy basketball. Outside of running PASPN.net, I am an enterprise application architect providing consulting services to local businesses in the New York metropolitan area.

None of us would be doing the fantasy sports thing without the fantasy leagues that drive it all. Here at FSB.com, we like to recognize some of the folks who won their football leagues this season.

Several posts have already called attention to the champions of some prominent big-money contests and a few expert leagues, but there are many more such groups that deserve attention.

If you run a league of fantasy experts or triumphed in that setting, tell us about it (matt.schauf@worldfantasygames.com). We’d like to congratulate you.

Savoring your fantasy football championship but can’t afford to commemorate it with a trophy or a ring? How about a $22 shirt?

And I thought Coke Zero accomplished enough by giving me a diet cola that actually tastes good …