A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page.

– The MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour has partnered with the Fantasy Action Sports League to present a fantasy wakeboarding game.

– An awkwardly written press release announces that ProMotoFan.com has launched as a host for pro Motocross and Supercross pick ‘em-style fantasy contests.

– The Wall Street Journal reports that free online sports games are gaining pretty significant audiences, potentially creating some new challenges for the makers of console games. The emergence of games such as Quick Hit football and MLB Dugout Heroes could also create opportunities or competition for fantasy sports providers in coming years.

– Glam Media has added Fashion Fantasy Game to its network, saying the site delivers “to advertisers a highly qualified and zealous audience” dominated by young women. Rather than a true fantasy game that relies on the performances of actual people, Fashion Fantasy Game is a MMORPG that allows users to create and run their own fashion business.

– Jon Williams wants to know who your favorite fantasy baseball “expert” is and why. After 51 votes, “Other” (43 percent) was leading the 10-option poll field by a wide margin, with Ron Shandler (14 percent), Matthew Berry (14 percent) and Jason Grey (12 percent) as the only others in double digits. Razzball.com was getting plenty of play in the early comments as well.

– Pro Football Weekly’s Michael Blunda says that you should expect to see big differences in the way we fantasy football “experts” rank the players heading into this season — much more so than usual.

Yesterday we spotlighted the companies that claimed multiple plaques at the Fantasy Sports Writers Association awards ceremony, but there were seven other honors handed out Tuesday.

Here are the victors in those remaining categories, as well as the other finalists with whom they competed:

Football Writer
Andy Behrens, Yahoo Sports
Jay Clemons, Sports Illustrated
Jeff Pasquino, Footballguys

Football Print Article
Dan Grogan, Athlon
Ginny Loveless, Football Diehards
Matt Waldman, Football Diehards

Football Print Publication
CBS Sports/Pro Football Weekly
RotoWire
Rotoworld

Baseball Print Article
Andy Behrens, Yahoo Sports
Jason Grey, ESPN
Tim Heaney, KFFL

Baseball Web Article
Jeff Erickson, RotoWire
David Gonos, Open Sports
Eno Sarris, Baseballguys

Hockey Writer
Sean Allen, ESPN
Janet Eagleson, RotoWire
Scott Pianowski, Yahoo Sports

Humor Article
Jeremy Fisher, Fantasy Football Trader
Lenny Pappano, Draft Sharks
Geoffrey Stein, Mock Draft Central

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

A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page.

– How far can we take this fantasy concept? How about putting together your own team of law professors?

– Pro Football Weekly, one of the most respected football publications on the market, is debuting a mobile site this playoff season. Life keeps getting better for the fantasy player on the go.

– The Hartford Courant profiles PageFad, a company that enables you to create competitve sports teams composed of your online friends. More significantly, though, the article offers a primer on the virtual-goods market, which is still young but reportedly growing.

– The Fantasy Sports Counselor is looking to add writers, particularly those with competence outside the mainstream fantasy areas of football and baseball.