Jun 20, 2010
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What is interesting about this is that it is a very non-traditional marketing move ... Read More
May 23, 2010
In move that will provide great promotion for the National Fantasy Football Championship (and other Fanball products), Fanball announced that it will host a daily three hour fantasy sports radio show on Sirius 125. Slotted for prime drive time coverage from 5 to 8pm EDT, Fanball's Fantasy Drive will feature expert fantasy commentary along with interviews of past grand prize winners and others that the fantasy players would be interested in hearing from.
The show will be hosted by Fanball experts Kyle Elfrink, Ray Flowers, and Charlie Wiegert, but I would not be surprised if other ... Read More
May 19, 2010
About nine days ago, I started a new job. The training for this job has successfully managed to fill most of my work day and a good chunk of my free time, and will continue to do so for the next month or so. This new career is something I am very passionate about it and presents a great opportunity for me and my family.
This has clearly had an impact on Fantasy Ethos as there has not been a new post in over a week. This is a clearly a transition period for the site, ... Read More
May 8, 2010
The 2010 World Cup kicks off in South Africa in just over a month, but that does not mean it is too early to start scouting and preparing for the fantasy World Cup season.
The World Cup has grown in popularity in the United States in the last couple of decades, and with that growth, comes a rise in fantasy games revolving around the tournament. The most common game you will see is a the completion of a second round bracket, that is exactly likely filling out a March Madness bracket. In addition, some games will ... Read More
May 5, 2010
The Sports Executives Association (SEA) has officially opened its doors and is now open for registration. What started as a Sports Industry group on LinkedIn founded by Lewis Howes with over 26,000 members, it has taken on a life of its own with the launching of the SEA.
According to the association's site, "the SEA is a new place to learn from industry pros, advance your sports career and build a more powerful network. This is a site for sports executives looking to improve their business or place in the industry. It's also a forum where ... Read More
May 4, 2010
Major League Baseball's Beat the Streak is one of the simpliest and successful fantasy baseball games out there. If someone eventually manages to assemble a 57-game hitting streak, they will be $3,000,000 richer, which would be the largest prize in fantasy sports history.
Beat the Streak is a very simple idea. All a fantasy player has to do is best Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak by assembling a 57-game hit streak of his own. if you can do this, then you will win $3,000,000. Easy enough, right? Well, now in its in tenth season and millions ... Read More
May 3, 2010
With huge fantasy ramification overseas and potentially even in the United States, Britain's High Court ruled that the schedules of the English Premier League are copyrighted materials and should be protected as such. The court ruled that since making the schedules was a very complicated activity that schedule makers should have the results of their laboring protected under British copyright law. The lawsuit was brought by the EPL against a subsidiary of Yahoo!, which printed the schedules without licensing the information from the EPL.
Fantasy English Premier League is one of the largest fantasy markets outside ... Read More
May 2, 2010
We go back to our bookshelves for this week's Fantasy Book Review here on Fantasy Ethos. I am happy to announce that today's review is the second edition of the Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football by Sam Hendricks.
There is something intriguing about getting fantasy football advice from a guy who flew and trained other pilots on flying the F-15. In the Fantasy Football Guidebook, Sam Hendricks opens his vast knowledge of playing fantasy football to the masses. Hendrick's tome on fantasy football is a massive 375 pages that takes players from high-level ... Read More
Apr 29, 2010
Just when I thought just about every possible combination of fantasy games had been invented, Roster Slots comes along and has a unique take on fantasy sports. The innovation in Roster Slots is that instead of you drafting your fantasy baseball team yourself, you spin the Roster Slot machine for your player. If you don't like the players that come up, spin again. However, you only have a limited number of spins, so there is a little bit of strategy involved. Do you lock in a mediocre middle infield to give you more shots at ... Read More
Apr 27, 2010
CBSSports.com has put out a list of the 200 most popular fantasy baseball team names for the 2010 fantasy baseball season. The winner this year is Evil Empire. Movie references always make for great names, as evidenced by the fact that Chico's Bail Bonds and the Bad News Bears both cracked the top 15, while a number of other references were spread throughout the top 200.
Surprisingly, a current news or scandal reference really did not crack the list. How did Tiger Woods themed names not even crack the top 200? There are plenty of BALCO ... Read More