The Fantasy Sports Trade Association will dole out its annual industry awards later this month at its winter business conference. Among the categories to be recognized is Specialty Products or Services — which will honor “the member company with the best combination of service, high quality products and innovation.” Voting ends Monday, Jan. 5, and the finalists are as follows:

• Blog Talk Radio: Fantasy Sports Channel
• FantasyDispute.com
• Fantasy Trophies
• LeagueSafe.com
• Sports Data Hub
• Titlecraft

The Fantasy Sports Trade Association will dole out its annual industry awards later this month at its winter business conference. Among the categories to be recognized is Print or Magazine Ad. Voting ends Monday, Jan. 5, and the finalists are as follows:

• CBSSports.com Fantasy Football Today
• Fantrax
• Fanball
• LeagueSafe.com
• MyFantasyLeague.com
• Rotowire fantasy football
• U-Sports

The Fantasy Sports Trade Association will dole out its annual industry awards later this month at its winter business conference. Among the categories to be recognized is Innovation, which is meant to include any variation of product service or technical advancement. Voting ends Monday, Jan. 5, and the finalists are as follows:

• CBSSports.com User-Generated Player Updates
• ESPN Streak for the Cash
• Accuscore.com GMC Fantasy Scout
• LeagueSafe.com
• Rosterdilemma.com

A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page.

– STATS LLC reached a deal with the PGA that makes the company “an official provider of in-progress hole-by-hole results for all PGA Tour, Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour events.”

– In a display of just how hard it will be for them to deal with the off-season, some of the guys at Fantasy Baseball Generals have already mocked a draft for 2009. (As I write this, the 2008 regular season still has one game to be finished.)

– LeagueSafe is partnering with Bancorp to in the payout system for leagues that use its fee-collection service.