A roundup of items recently posted on the FSB News page.

– Yahoo! has rolled out Android apps for managing fantasy hockey and fantasy basketball teams.

– It’s from more than a month ago, but still interesting: Sports business reporter Sarah Talalay of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel tells us about a pair of fantasy players who have taken on fantasy football consulting duties for friends, as well as brothers who get personal help annually from CBS Sports’ Jamey Eisenberg.

– Thousands of fantasy fans — or just dudes who like dude humor — are into the second season of The League on FX. Here’s a look back on an interview TV.com did with four cast members and co-creator Jackie Marcus-Schaeffer.

– This columnist for The Trentonian points to fantasy football’s predominance as the reason for the ratings edge the Week 6 Titans-Jaguars NFL matchup on ESPN held over the simultaneous Yankees-Rangers ALCS game on TBS. That lopsided Titans victory, of course, ended with a fantasy-altering touchdown run for Chris Johnson that spurred the Monday Night Football crew to discuss the play’s effect on fantasy owners (led by Mike Tirico).

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A roundup of items recently posted on the FSB News page.

– The Sports Business Journal has planned for a March 1 release an “In Depth” report on fantasy sports. According to its announcement: “We’ll call upon our team of fantasy experts to find out which segments of the business are growing the fastest. We’ll introduce you to the key players in this space and outline some of the products that have gained the most traction with consumers.”

– European fantasy games site Sportsbox.com has added a salary-cap contest for the second half of the Champions League season. It’s interesting to note that Champions Fantasy Knock-Out is a pay-to-play game.

– We all know how important it is these days to get our marketing messages out there via social media. This week, eMarketer is running a series on how to do so properly.

– Many football fans may have forgotten about Anthony Gonzalez soon after he went down with a knee injury in Week 1, but fantasy owners who drafted the Colts wideout as a No. 2 receiver sure didn’t. CBSSports.com senior fantasy writer Jamey Eisenberg wrote a feature over the weekend on Gonzalez, who will be an interesting fantasy case heading into 2010.

– It’s just one guy’s opinion but still interesting to note that this staff writer for Connecticut’s New Britain Herald dubs MLB.com the best site on the Web. Let fantasy baseball season officially begin.

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Aside from RotoWire’s six victories, just two other companies grabbed more than one plaque during the Fantasy Sports Writers Association ceremony on Tuesday.

CBS Sports tripled its 2007 take by claiming three prizes, while Sporting News grabbed two of its own.

For CBS, Sergio Gonzalez became the third different winner of the top basketball writer award in the three years taht title has been given out. Scott White’s win for best football series also marked the third different victor in that category in as many years. Rounding out the CBS triumphs was Dave Richard for best major-media football article.

Sporting News fantasy editor George Winkler emerged victorious in the football series category, while Matt Lutovsky beat out SN colleague Bill Bender for the title of best major-media baseball article.

Winners were announced on the first full day of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association winter business conference. Only FSWA members are eligible to win.

Here are the full listings for the categories mentioned above:

Basketball Writer
Steve Alexander, Rotoworld
Matt Buser, Yahoo
Sergio Gonzalez, CBS Sports

Baseball Series
Jason Grey, ESPN
Tommy Landry, RotoExperts
Scott White, CBS Sports

Baseball Major Media Article
Bill Bender, Sporting News
Christopher Harris, ESPN
Matt Lutovsky, Sporting News

Football Series
Jamey Eisenberg, CBS Sports
Gregg Rosenthal, Rotoworld
George Winkler, Sporting News

Football Major Media Article
Dave Richard, CBS Sports
Evan Silva, Rotoworld/NBC
Mark St. Amant, Rotoworld/NBC

In addition to the football writer of the year honor, for which we announced the finalists last night, the Fantasy Sports Writers Association will award five other football-related categories next week at the Fantasy Sports Trade Association winter conference.

In the past, these categories have been dominated at times by larger sites. This year, however, provides more varied representation, with no outlet claiming more than four of the 15 available finalist slots. Here are the final nominees, with winners to be announced next Tuesday on the conference’s first day:

Best Football Print Publication
CBS Sports & Pro Football Weekly
Rotowire
Rotoworld

Best Football Series
Jamey Eisenberg — CBSSports.com
Gregg Rosenthal — Rotoworld
George Winkler — Sporting News

Best Football Article in Print
Dan Grogan — Athlon
Ginny Loveless — FootballDiehards.com
Matt Waldman — FootballDiehards.com

Best Football Article on the Web
Greg Kellogg — FantasySharks.com
Chris Liss — Rotowire.com
Jeff Pasquino — Footballguys.com

Best Football Article in Major Media
Dave Richard — CBSSports.com
Evan Silva — Rotoworld/NBC Sports
Mark St. Amant — Rotoworld/NBC Sports