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For the Weekend: Field of Dreams 2 - NFL Lockout
It's a SLOOOOW news week regarding fantasy sports business (thanks, NFL), so we'll leave the weekend with the Funny or Die videos going around that spoofs the NFL Lockout with a Field of Dreams...
For the Weekend: The New Moneyball Trailer
As you wade through the summer movie muck that is Transformers Take Chicago, Zookeeper, and the Smurfs, here's a trailer for a movie that folks in the fantasy sports business can actually look...
Fantasy football pioneer wants to attract women
Andrew Wainstein is one of the leading fantasy sports developers in Europe, producing games around fantasy football (soccer), fantasy cricket, and fantasy rugby and even branching out into the...
Good Read: Richard Deitsch Q&A with Bleacher Report's CEO
A week back we posted an article about SBNation and how it uses talent and tech to produce one of the leading "sports blogging networks" in the country. Today we point you towards an interview with...
Good Read: A football (soccer) revolution in stats
The North American fantasy sports business is largely fixated on Fantasy NFL and Fantasy MLB games, but outside of the borders of the US and Canada, the world watches International Football (soccer...
Must Read: Fantasy Sports Sites Need to be Faster
Most of the fantasy sports world is concerned with one thing: Getting the most accurate analysis and data to the users. What gets lost sometimes is the technical side of the equation: How fast is...
Good Read: Best New Stat in ESPN Mag
Stats are a significant piece of the puzzle for anyone running a fantasy sports business. ESPN The Magazine published an article in the July 2011 Issue about the advancement of statistics gathering...
Fun for Friday: FX's The League issues their own demands to the NFL
The FX hit comedy, The League, has put together a promotional video that should be worth a few laughs as we all wait out the annoying NFL Lockout.
Good Read: How SBNation Marries Talent and Tech
There are a whole lotta fantasy sports content providers out there. Everyone from guys just blogging about their teams, to veteran fantasy sports analysts and journalists that have been in the...
Forget the lockout: Fantasy football is guaranteed in 2011
Regardless of the NFL lockout, there will be fantasy football this year, guaranteed. I'm not talking about the fantasy simulation games that use algorithms to predict how a season would play out. I'm...