Posts Tagged ‘soccer’

FSB Daily 7/1: FFPC-RTSports, EA, Fantasy Sharks, Librarian Stats

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

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

– The Fantasy Players Association website passes along word that the Fantasy Football Players Championship has chosen RealTimeSports to host its leagues this year. The FPA also raises some concerns that the FFPC audience might have with the switch from previous host MyFantasyLeague.com.

– You’ve surely heard of the fancy new fantasy league-hosting product at NFL.com, but did you know that EA Sports will be providing the player projections for the full season and on a weekly basis?

– Have you ever played in a Yahoo! public league (or a free mock draft anywhere) and gotten annoyed by the person who screws the thing up with idiotic early picks? Well, FantasySharks.com is encouraging them. For the fifth straight year, the site is supporting a challenge in which participants join a “competitive” Yahoo! public league and draft a kicker and a team defense with their first two picks. The top prize (a sum of “sand dollars,” Fantasy Sharks’ fake currency) goes to anyone who can win their league.

– For accuracy in running back rankings, RotoWorld edged the field of participants who have been in the FF Librarian’s Accuracy Challenge for all three years it has existed. KFFL, however, has been dynamite over the past two seasons.

– In the wake of Yahoo! opening up its fantasy sports API, FanGraphs takes a crack at explaining a bit about what it is and what it allows you to do.

– Did you miss out on fantasy points when England’s clear goal was disallowed against Germany? Did you miss the game and the replay? Legos have your back.

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CBS Disputes ESPN Online Ratings Report

Friday, June 25th, 2010

This isn’t necessarily fantasy-relevant but definitely interesting.

We’re all well aware of what the U.S. men’s soccer team accomplished on Wednesday, but CBS Sports disagrees with what ESPN has claimed to achieve with the online broadcast.

The “Worldwide Leader” reportedly announced that its stream of the U.S.-Algeria match drew a record broadband audience of 1.1 million unique viewers on ESPN3.com, which is streaming the entire World Cup.

According to CBS, however, its coverage of the BYU-Florida game from Round 1 of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament back in April drew about 15,000 more looks …

It’s not fantasy, but it’s interesting to note the conflicting numbers from two media big boys.

It also provides an interesting view of American sports hierarchy. This was one of the most — if not the most significant and hyped games in American soccer history, yet it was outdrawn online by a 7-10 NCAA matchup — albeit a good one.

Just something to keep in mind as you get really excited about soccer.

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FSB Daily 11/10: Real Soccer Fantasy, Nate Silver, PASPN.net

Monday, November 10th, 2008

A roundup of recent posts from the FSB News page.

– Sure, it’s fun to run a fake team you populate with real players, but a group of British soccer fans have been doing it with the real thing.

– We’re all sports and/or stats geeks here, and Nate Silver just might be our king.

– PASPN.net got some play in The Wall Street Journal recently for its unique fantasy basketball game.

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FSB Daily 9/13: Coach Mack, Ultimate Football Netork, Sports Network

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page.

– Count former Texas and Arizona football coach John Mackovic among the fantasy-weary.

UltimateFootballNetwork.com wants you to channel all your football teams through it. (Click over to the news page for a video demo.)

– The Sports Network has rolled out a mobile subscription service for Chinese fans of English Premier league soccer.

– So, if your town were ravaged by hurricanes, and you were busy helping with the rebuilding effort, would you find time to keep from letting your fantasy leaguemates down?

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