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2010 FSWA Award Winners

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Now that I’m finally able to see through the tears that coincidentally arrived after someone else beat me out for fantasy football writer of the year, it’s time to pass along the full list of winners.

We’ll have more about the Fantasy Sports Writers Association awards — including historical data — over the next few days, but here are the folks who grabbed trophies Tuesday night in Las Vegas (in bold):

FOOTBALL WRITER of the YEAR
Ladd Biro, The Sporting News
Dave Richard, CBS Sports
Matt Schauf, RapidDraft.com

BEST FOOTBALL SERIES
Ryan Bonini, KFFL
Michael Fabiano, NFL.com
Mike Gilbert, RotoExperts

BEST WEB FOOTBALL ARTICLE
Andy Behrens, Yahoo! Sports
Christopher Harris, ESPN
Tim McCullough, RotoExperts

BEST PRINT FOOTBALL ARTICLE
Andy Behrens, Yahoo! Sports
Cory Bonini, KFFL
Matt Waldman, Football Guys

BEST FOOTBALL MAGAZINE
Football CheatSheets
Football Diehards
Sports Illustrated

BASEBALL WRITER of the YEAR
Tristan Cockcroft, ESPN
David Regan, RotoWire
Derek VanRiper, RotoWire

BEST BASEBALL SERIES
Matt Lutovsky, The Sporting News
David Regan, RotoWire
Chris Ryan, RotoExperts

BEST WEB BASEBALL ARTICLE
Tristan Cockcroft, ESPN
David Regan, RotoWire
Derek VanRiper, RotoWire

BEST PRINT BASEBALL ARTICLE
Brent Hershey, Baseball HQ
Chris Liss, RotoWire
Jeff Stotts, RotoWire

BEST BASEBALL MAGAZINE
RotoWire
Sporting News
Yahoo! Sports

BASKETBALL WRITER of the YEAR
Carson Cistulli, RotoWire
Shannon McKeown, RotoWire
Brian McKitish, ESPN

HOCKEY WRITER of the YEAR
Evan Berofsky, RotoWire
Jan Levine, RotoWire
Janet Eagleson, RotoWire

RACING WRITER of the YEAR
Adam Ansell, RotoExperts
C.J. Radune, RotoWire
Mark Taylor, RotoWire

COLLEGE SPORTS WRITER of the YEAR
Brad Evans, Yahoo! Sports
Chris Morgan, RotoWire
Jesse Siegel, RotoWire

GOLF WRITER of the YEAR
John McNamara, RotoWorld
Scott Pianowski, Yahoo! Sports
Greg Vara, RotoWire

NEWCOMER of the YEAR
Jake Ciely, RotoExperts
Mario Puig, RotoWire
Lane Rizzardini, Bruno Boys Fantasy Football

BEST HUMOR ARTICLE
Andy Behrens, Yahoo! Sports
John Paulsen, Bulls-Eye
Chris Ryan, RotoExperts

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2010 FSTA Award Winners

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Back home from the latest Fantasy Sports Trade Association winter conference, we’ll have material over the next few days covering some of the stuff learned.

At the end of a Wednesday gobbled up by travel and family time, though, we’ll pass along the winners of the most recent set of FSTA awards (in bold):

MOST INNOVATIVE PRODUCT OR SERVICE
Grid Iron Fantasy Sports — VuFantasyFootball.com
World Fantasy Games — RapidDraft Fantasy Football Weekly app
RotoWorld — Draftmaster software; Season PassOnline Fantasy Draft Guides
Fantasy Football Crystal Ball
Head2Head Sports — Injury/Bye Protection
RotoExperts.com — Fantasy Grinder
RotoWire.com — Fantasy Football Draft Kit (mobile)
FantasyPros
LeagueSafe
NFL.com — Fantasy Football 2010

MOST INNOVATIVE CONTEST
RotoExperts.com — Upset Challenge
World Fantasy Games — RapidDraft
Athlon — Pro+College Fantasy Football
NFL.com — Fantasy Playoff Challenge

MOST OUTSTANDING AD
NFL.com — TV spot
MyFantasyLeague.com — print ad
RapidDraft.com (World Fantasy Games) — Week 17 Twitter mock draft
ESPN — campaigns for fantasy baseball, Tournament Challenge and fantasy football
FootballDiehards.com — print-Web promotion

MOST OUTSTANDING CONTEST
NFL.com
FanDuel
CBSSports.com — Free Fantasy Football
World Fantasy Games
Fanball.com — Diamond Challenge Fantasy Baseball
WCOFF

MOST UNIQUE/OUTSTANDING LIVE EVENT or CONTEST
Baseball HQ — First Pitch Forums
WCOFF
NFL.com — Fantasy Live webcast
Head2Head — The Draft 2010
FanDuel — Fantasy Football Championship
RapidDraft.com (WFG) — RapidDraft Weekly

UNIQUE AD
NFL.com — “Dots” TV spot
FootballDiehards.com — print-Web promotion
RapidDraft.com (WFG) — Twitter mock draft

MOST VALUABLE CONTENT
Fantasy Sherpa
CBSSports.com
RotoWorld
ESPN
RotoExperts
Baseball HQ
RotoWire
The Huddle
XML Team
RapidDraft News (WFG)
NFL.com
FFSpin.com
FFToolbox.com
GodfatherofFantasySports.com (Charlie Wiegert’s blog)

MOST VALUABLE TOOL
RotoLab
NFL.com — Bloomberg Decision Maker; NFL.com Fantasy Tour
FantasyPros
Competitive Sports Analysis — scoutPRO
Fantasy Football Crystal Ball
RotoExperts.com
RapidDraft.com — Fantasy Football Weekly app
CBSSports.com — Fantasy Football Commissioner
RTSports.com — online draft room
Fantistics — Fantasy Draft Assistance Tool: Baseball; Football
RotoWorld — DraftMaster
MyFantasyLeague.com
Advanced Sports Media — Draft Analyzer

ROOKIE of the YEAR
FFSpin.com
FaGames
NFL.com — Fantasy Football 2010
FantasyPros
Competitive Sports Analysis
Gridiron Fantasy Sports — VuFantasyFootball.com
Joe Namath (World Fantasy Games)

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Full List of 2010 FSTA Award Nominees

Monday, January 24th, 2011

We shared previously the group of finalists for the 2010 FSWA awards, to be handed out Tuesday night during the FSTA winter conference. Another central annual feature of the winter conference is the FSTA awards.

This year’s Fantasy Sports Trade Association process didn’t include the same whittling of nominees to finalists as the Writers Association did, but it’s still interesting to take a look at some of the key players and new entrants into the industry from the previous year.

With that in mind, here’s the full list of eligible FSTA nominees, most with links to their nominations. There you can read the pitch to voters and see samples of the products and services entered …

Most Innovative Fantasy Product or Service
Grid Iron Fantasy Sports — VuFantasyFootball.com
World Fantasy Games — RapidDraft Fantasy Football Weekly app
RotoWorld — Draftmaster software; Season PassOnline Fantasy Draft Guides
Fantasy Football Crystal Ball
Head2Head Sports — Injury/Bye Protection
RotoExperts.com — Fantasy Grinder
RotoWire.com — Fantasy Football Draft Kit (mobile)
FantasyPros
LeagueSafe
NFL.com — Fantasy Football 2010

Most Innovative Fantasy Contest
RotoExperts.com — Upset Challenge
World Fantasy Games — RapidDraft
Athlon — Pro+College Fantasy Football
NFL.com — Fantasy Playoff Challenge

Most Outstanding Fantasy Advertisement
NFL.com — TV spot
MyFantasyLeague.com — print ad
RapidDraft.com (World Fantasy Games) — Week 17 Twitter mock draft
ESPN — campaigns for fantasy baseball, Tournament Challenge and fantasy football
FootballDiehards.com — print-Web promotion

Most Outstanding Fantasy Contest
NFL.com
FanDuel
CBSSports.com — Free Fantasy Football
World Fantasy Games
Fanball.com — Diamond Challenge Fantasy Baseball
WCOFF

Most Unique and Outstanding Live Event or Contest
Baseball HQ — First Pitch Forums
WCOFF
NFL.com — Fantasy Live webcast
Head2Head — The Draft 2010
FanDuel — Fantasy Football Championship
RapidDraft.com (WFG) — RapidDraft Weekly

Most Unique Fantasy Advertisement
NFL.com — “Dots” TV spot
FootballDiehards.com — print-Web promotion
RapidDraft.com (WFG) — Twitter mock draft

Most Valuable Fantasy Content
Fantasy Sherpa
CBSSports.com
RotoWorld
ESPN
RotoExperts
Baseball HQ
RotoWire
The Huddle
XML Team
RapidDraft News (WFG)
NFL.com
FFSpin.com
FFToolbox.com
GodfatherofFantasySports.com (Charlie Wiegert’s blog)

Most Valuable Fantasy Tool
RotoLab
NFL.com — Bloomberg Decision Maker; NFL.com Fantasy Tour
FantasyPros
Competitive Sports Analysis — scoutPRO
Fantasy Football Crystal Ball
RotoExperts.com
RapidDraft.com — Fantasy Football Weekly app
CBSSports.com — Fantasy Football Commissioner
RTSports.com — online draft room
Fantistics — Fantasy Draft Assistance Tool: Baseball; Football
RotoWorld — DraftMaster
MyFantasyLeague.com
Advanced Sports Media — Draft Analyzer

Rookie of the Year
FFSpin.com
FaGames
NFL.com — Fantasy Football 2010
FantasyPros
Competitive Sports Analysis
Gridiron Fantasy Sports — VuFantasyFootball.com
Joe Namath (World Fantasy Games)

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Sirius All Over FSTA Conference After Impactful Entrance

Sunday, January 16th, 2011

Next week’s FSTA winter conference in Las Vegas figures to have a strong Sirius XM presence.

The satellite radio company that dove into the industry in July with its 24-hour fantasy sports channel will broadcast live the Monday night baseball draft that opens the event. Sirius even started by broadcasting live (during the RotoWire midday show) the Jan. 11 draft-order selection. (Find results on Charlie Wiegert’s Godfather of Fantasy Sports blog.)

Beyond the draft, though, Sirius also plans to do various interviews Tuesday — the conference’s lone full day — for use during its assorted shows and will cover the Tuesday night awards ceremony.

On Tuesday afternoon, Sirius XM senior vice president of sports programming Steve Cohen will also sit down for a one-on-one session with Wiegert.

“The Sirius XM Fantasy Sports Channel is probably the biggest thing that has happened in fantasy sports this past year,” according to the FSTA conference agenda, an idea Wiegert echoed to FSB.com when discussing the conference plans. With the number of familiar fantasy brands it quickly brought on board — along with athletes such as Maurice Jones-Drew and Jeremy Roenick and celebrities such as actor Jerry Ferrara — it’s not hard to understand the reasoning.

Of course, it’s ultimately all about the content, and the Sirius fantasy folks recently put a wrap on their first football season with an awards show, naming the best of the fantasy season as voted on by the channel’s hosts.

That crew agreed with the Fantasy Sports Writers Association membership in tapping Tampa’s Mike Williams as top rookie and Arian Foster as most valuable player.

“Hopefully I proved that I can be a featured back in this league,” Foster told Sirius XM host Anita Marks during the awards show. “I’m not sure there’s much else you can do as a running back to prove that you can [be] a feature back.”

The Sirius voters — many of whom are also FSWA members — also agreed with Michael Vick as the top quarterback, Roddy White as the No. 1 receiver, Pittsburgh as the best team defense and New England linebacker Jerod Mayo as the premier IDP. Antonio Gates rounded out that group by taking top tight end honors.

The rest of the awards went this way …

Biggest Bust: Randy Moss, WR, three teams
Out of Nowhere: Peyton Hillis, RB, Cleveland
Don’t Believe the Hype: Tie — Shonn Greene, RB, N.Y. Jets and Ryan Matthews, RB, San Diego
Most Impactful Injury: Tie — Ryan Grant, RB, Green Bay and Kevin Kolb, QB, Philadelphia
Best Single Game Performance: Vick — Week 10 vs. Washington
Worst Single-Game Performance: Chris Johnson — Week 12 vs. Houston
Most Valuable Pickup: Vick
Worst Screwing: Calvin Johnson non-TD in Week 1
Biggest (touchdown) Vulture: Mike Tolbert, RB, San Diego
Handcuff of the Year: Tolbert
Sunday Morning Stress: Gates
Playoff Hero: Vick
Playoff Goat: Adrian Peterson, RB, Minnesota
Wait ‘Til Next Year: Mathews

The show originally aired on Jan. 11 and will re-air Sunday at 4 p.m. ET.

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