A Las Vegas sports book will begin taking bets on individual sports players’ projected statistics starting today.
According to AP writer John McFarland:
Station Casinos Inc., the fifth-largest sports book in the country, was to become the first to release a betting line - at 7 p.m. EDT - and start taking wagers based on players’ […]

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Football players who ply their trade in the NFL have more to play for each week than just their paycheck. As fantasy football’s popularity has grown, so has the awareness from top NFL stars that their play can dictate whether or not fans can win their fantasy football league championships. Yahoo! Sports’ Michael Silver, in […]

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Seemingly the largest donation in the history of the world, Nike co-founder Phil Knight recently gifted $100 million to the University of Oregon to be used to support their athletic programs now and into the future.
This extraordinary gift will set Oregon athletics on a course toward certain self sufficiency and create the flexibility and financial […]

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If you read fantasy football articles or subscribe to a fantasy sports news service, you’ve probably heard of www.rotohog.com by now. The site offers the ability to play for free at a chance for $100,000.
According to the website:
You’ll fill your starting team with a budget of 300 RotoHog dollars in this exciting, free-for-all draft […]

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We’ve all heard it before. Fantasy geek this, fantasy geek that. While fantasy naysayers such as Jim Rome or JT the Brick don’t play because it’s supposedly for losers and degenerates then I guess Cato June, LB for Tampa Bay, isn’t good enough either. June is a noted fantasy athlete and even drafted a team […]

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Harris Corporation recently teamed with the NFL to provide officials with high definition replays for the upcoming season.
“This is a rare opportunity to leverage cutting-edge technology to improve the integrity of the game,” said Mike Pereira, the NFL’s vice president of officiating. “Our referees will now be able to see images much more clearly, […]

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DirectTV’s NFL Ticket package has just gotten a whole lot sweeter for those who subscribe to the SuperFan option.  Subscribers to SuperFan will now be able to enjoy this season’s NFL games streamed live online, called the SuperCast. 
Can’t get to your television to catch LIVE heart-pounding NFL action? No worries. With DIRECTV SUPERCAST, you get […]

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The folks over at Tecmoblog recently broke down the power rankings in this year’s Madden ‘08.  This is their second year doing this, check out last year’s power rankings here.  The criteria for their rankings is as follows:

How many players are rated in the 90s? Sure depth is nice to have in football, but in […]

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With the beginning of the NFL football season just a few weeks away, it’s no surprise that the topic of worker productivity and fantasy football is on the front burner again. According to the Indianapolis Business Journal (and home to the Colts, arguably some of the most ardent football fans), 37 million people spend at […]

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