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Fantasy Sports 2.0

Web 2.0 + Fantasy Sports = Putting the ‘Fan’ back into Fantasy Sports.

Link Roundup for June 26, 2008

Canadian Football League has fantasy football leagues too - Our neighbors to the north have adopted fantasy leagues for their 8 team league.

They get their kicks from Euro 2008 - Based on ESPN’s numbers, the popularity of soccer in the US is rising.

Wary Wimbledon takes the safe bet and steers clear of gambling - […]

Here are some interesting stories for today:

Watercooler’s SN Apps for Fans Backed by $4M - Connecting fan communities through your favorite social networks.

Yahoo Goes Full Steam Ahead With ‘open’ Strategy - Now that their “Open Strategy” has been announced, Yahoo! is moving quickly to establish it.

U.S. sports dispute “white space” airwaves plan - Several major […]

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 […]

With the hangover from the Super Bowl wearing off and many fantasy footballers looking for something else to divert their attention, the country needs look no further than today’s Super Tuesday elections for an outlet. The typical person will be inundated with political commercials and advertisements. The stories will be all over the web. All […]

The competition. The analysis. The glory that goes with victory. The agony of defeat. These are all reasons why people play fantasy sports (and more specifically, fantasy football). But it also makes for good teaching lessons in math classes for kids. Some middle school students in Ashland, Mass. are apparently picking up on the phenomenon. […]

You can’t really Tiger proof a golf course anymore, but the problem is also spreading to fantasy golf. Anyone who drafts the guy has an unfair advantage - and that’s an understatement. Adam Thompson of the Wall Street Journal writes about this phenomena and the impact of Tiger Woods on fantasy golf. He also writes […]

MyP2P gives you live sports online

In today’s era of streaming media it’s no surprise that you can watch live sports from anything that’s connected to the net. A little technical savvy goes a long way, especially if you’re on the road and you don’t have a Slingbox-type device to save the day.
Enter MyP2P, the web’s best guide for live […]

Thought I’d go over to the excellent resource that is Alexa.com and see which fantasy sports sites are the most visited. The descriptions that follow each entrant is also taken from Alexa. The top ten it listed are as follows:
10. Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Baseball - Offers free and paid games, news, stats, player rankings, and […]

A list of where I go to get my fantasy football information, by and large. Both pay and free sites are listed! Feel free to comment and/or add other links that you like to visit.
10. Fanball (www.fanball.com) - this is where I go to check the status of players on Sundays, particularly to see who’s […]

Teens are leading the way in creating and sharing content online. In articles in both the San Jose Mercury News and the Washington Post, the phenomena was studied and explained by a recent study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. These trends have a strong impact on the social web and tells us […]

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