Here’s what you have to look forward to when Madden ‘09 hits the shelves in August. It’s fitting that the first clips of this game feature cover boy Brett Favre on the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field!

Since Favre is now retired, I questioned what gamers would need to do in order to “unlock” Favre. It’d be a […]

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Believe it or not, fantasy sports is still a baby.  In about 5 years, we’ll look back at fantasy sports and be amazed at how much it has evolved.  Despite a lot of growth and globalization, there is still so much room for innovation.  From March Madness brackets and Super Bowl pools to even sports […]

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Here are stories of interest for today, April 30, 2008:

Let Em Play - ESPN The Magazine’s cover story on aspiring athletes who have prosthetic limbs.

Is Yahoo`s Social Platform Too Little, Too Late? - A different perspective on a story we’ve been covering here at Fantasy Sports 2.0; this story questions the timing of the move […]

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It’s clear with that with the news that Yahoo! and CBS Sportsline are creating open networks allowing developers to create applications that the online sports and fantasy sports world is about to change. A project ahead of the curve appears to be SCORE OS - Fantasy Sports Management System. His team’s goal is to […]

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Last week, there were a few big announcements that will have a significant impact on the fantasy sports industry.  At the Web 2.0 Expo, Yahoo’s CTO announced the Yahoo Application Platform which will allow developers to tap into their social graph, build applications around them, and distribute through Yahoo’s properties.  In case you missed it, […]

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Stories of interest for today, April 28, 2008:

Y!Open: rewiring Yahoo into a macro social network - Yahoo! is opening up its platform to developers to create social network applications throughout the social graph - imagine the impact possible with the millions of Yahoo! fantasy sports owners.

AOL Acquires Fantasy Sports Site Fleaflicker - AOL is increasing […]

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Here are some stories of interest for April 25, 2008:

PrepChamps Raises $1.2M to Recruit High School Jocks - We’re really seeing a proliferation of these sites and the money shows they are here to stay.

Play Hard Sports launches casual online sports game company - Company gets $5 million in venture capital and will create casual […]

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I had the pleasure of speaking with and interviewing Fantasy Book Inc’s CEO, Jon Brelig.  Fantasy Book is a startup focused on bringing the fantasy sports league experience to Facebook users.  Their first application is focused on Fantasy Baseball and offers an interface similar to that of Yahoo’s fantasy league offering - which is a […]

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Fantasy sports is obsessed with statistics, there is no doubt about that. Take this baseball season for example. Baseball is a statistics-driven sport, and fantasy baseball takes that idea to an even higher level. Any and all baseball stats can be used for the purpose of scoring. From games played, to number of batters thrown […]

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Today’s roundup of interesting story links:

The Evolution from Homers to Holds - A good article on how the Internet has changed fantasy baseball.

Fantasy sports are for real – This writer states why fantasy sports are here to stay.

Chinese Hackers Take Down SportsNetwork - American sports sites are not immune from the controversy surrounding China’s Olympics […]

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