NFL.com announced last week via e-mail to its users that it won’t be returning its League Manager fantasy platform in 2010.

The message, which went out last Wednesday, alerted fantasy players that their 2009 league and team info would be transferred to CBSSports.com for the upcoming season and beyond. The note read:

“Please be advised that as of May 29, 2010 (the “Transfer Date”), in connection with a transaction between NFL Enterprises LLC (the “NFL”) and CBS Interactive Inc. (”CBS Interactive”), the NFL is going to transfer all of the NFL.com League Manager League(s) (the “NFL League Manager League(s)”) in existence as of the Transfer Date to CBS Interactive Inc., owner and operator of CBSSports.com Fantasy Football Commissioner. As of the Transfer Date, CBS Interactive will convert all NFL League Manager League(s) to CBSSports.com Fantasy Football Commissioner league(s) and you will continue to be able to participate in your existing NFL League Manager League(s) as part of the CBSSports.com Fantasy Football Commissioner game for the 2010 NFL season without interruption.”

CBS had been running NFL.com’s game anyway, so the transition shouldn’t present any problems in game operations. The biggest question for transferred users is whether they’ll have to pay for the coming season. NFL.com’s platform was free, whereas CBS Sports charges for league hosting. FSB.com has yet to  get an answer to that question.

Of course, the underlying question here is what caused the split between NFL.com and CBS. Neither side has yet provided comment to that end.

What we do know is that NFL.com will soon be rolling out a new fantasy game. Users can “pre-register” now to receive updates on the launch, but the site isn’t providing any details just yet.

FSB.com will update this story as more information becomes available.

A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page.

– NFL.com general manager Laura Goldberg will be at the Nov. 12 NewTeeVee Live conference to talk the big business of fantasy football.

– Forbes.com recently posted a video in which national editor Michael Ozanion chats with Fantasy Sports Ventures founder Chris Russo about his company and the fantasy industry. Speaking of FSV, the company made its first actual investment in gaming in late September, when it purchased 25 games from RealTime Fantasy Sports. FSV also recently added Orangecast Social Media to its lineup.

– NovaFantasySports.com recently announced a content agreement that will place its NFL news on PlayerPress.com’s homepage.

– The Hartford Courant’s website now features the Game Forecast service provided by Accuscore.

– We may not even be to the World Series yet this year, but Sporting News already wants to know what will be on your mind for the 2010 baseball season. The staff is soliciting questions from readers for the next yearbook, offering a free copy for any query that makes it into print.

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A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page.

– RotoExperts.com announced Tuesday a content deal with NFL.com that will place two articles a week amid the fantasy content on the league’s official website throughout the NFL season.

– RotoWire has launched an iPhone app to meet “growing demand from our users for our information on mobile devices,” company president Peter Schoenke tells FSB.com.

– Fanball’s 2009 fantasy football application for the iPhone is now live.

– The USTA is running a bracket-style contest for the upcoming U.S. Open, a game that will be built and managed by Fanball. The final Grand Slam tennis event of the year is set to being Aug. 31, with the bracket game to become available after the draws are announced on Aug. 27.

– Is Dimdim what you might call the stooge who still drafts like a newbie even though your league has been going for 13 years? Well, maybe, but it’s also a service that provides Web- and phone-conferencing for your fantasy football draft.

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Last year’s NFL.com fantasy football commercial campaign with the “why you should pick me” messages and players performing nearly believable feats met with big online popularity. Stars included Chris Cooley, Chris Chambers and Laurence Maroney (oops).

This year’s series is now two episodes deep, with Joe Flacco getting things going and Santonio Holmes the latest. The tricks aren’t quite as flashy so far, but the spots remain entertaining. Will the players featured enjoy better fantasy fortunes in the regular season this time? We’ll see.