A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page.

– Fantasy football is a favorite pastime for American soldiers serving overseas … even if they can’t quite always find the time to keep their lineups up to date.

– Amid the initial programming on the new MLB Network, you will not find any fantasy content.

– Even if you’ve never heard of Tom Borrelli before, this is a touching tribute to the former Buffalo News writer who died at 51 this week after a fall left him paralyzed. Among his duties at the News was a regular fantasy column.

– In a guest turn for USA Today, Sports Data Hub’s Kevin Goodfellow tells fantasy football players to pay attention to the tendencies of certain coaches.

A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page.

– Latha Iyer is looking to grab an early share of the fantasy sports market in India with her company, Presino.

– Blogger Jon Haber and Sarah Talalay of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel each take a look at the growing fantasy sports landscape.

– The timing seems a bit odd with just six weeks remaining in the NFL season following this one, but the iLove Fantasy Football ‘08 iPhone and iPod Touch application was recently released, powered by Fandora’s Box, PA SportsTicker and The Sports Xchange.

– MLB Network recently added four more personalities to its roster, including former ballplayers and ESPN analysts Harold Reynolds and Al Leiter. The network debuts on Jan. 1.

Before we actually saw NFL Network in our channel guides, we began seeing promos with former SportsCenter anchor Rich Eisen as the de facto face of the new entity. With its debut less than two months away, MLB Network has chosen its face.

Matt Vasgersian was announced Wednesday as the first on-air personality for the network, which will hit airwaves on Jan. 1.

Vasgersian spent five years calling Brewers games before taking over lead play-by-play duties for the San Diego Padres in 2002. He was also among the few who had the pleasure of doing XFL games during the football league’s one-year existence. (Really, I think it’s every commentator’s dream to shout, “He Hate Me in for the touchdown!”)

For MLB Network, Vasgersian will anchor the live nightly signature studio show, MLB Tonight, as well as fronting the off-season studio show Hot Stove.

Major League Baseball will be the last of the country’s traditional “four major” sports to launch its own proprietary network, but it’s initial audience of 50 million homes is said to be the largest for any new cable channel.