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RotoWire
RotoWire is a company based in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. that specializes in fantasy sports news and fantasy-style games. The platform provides fantasy news and information to ESPN.com, Yahoo! Sports, FoxSports.com, NFL.com, CBSSports.com, FanDuel, DraftKings and Sirius XM Radio. RotoWire is the successor to RotoNews.com, which pioneered the concept of real-time fantasy sports information when launched in 1997. Products * RotoWire.com is the company's primary product, a fantasy sports news site that focuses on MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, auto racing (mostly NASCAR), golf, college football, college basketball, esports, MMA, cricket and soccer. The web site features player news, draft kits, in-season tools, feature stories and statistical data to help fantasy players in each sport. * RotoWire has two annual print publications produced by the same staff that operates the website: The RotoWire Fantasy Football Guide and RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Guide. Both publications are published at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Sports Writers Association
The Fantasy Sports Writers Association (FSWA) is an organization that represents journalists in the United States who cover fantasy sports. It was founded in 2004. According to its website, the organization's mission is to "be a voice for writers in the arena of fantasy sports... ndstrive to promote and acknowledge the hard work and dedication shown by fantasy sports writers throughout the industry." Andy Behrens serves as the President of the FSWA. The website can be found at www.FSWA.org. History The association was founded in 2004. Ryan Houston was the first president, succeeded by Kirk Bouyelas in 2006, Mike Beacom in 2008, and Andy Behrens in 2014. Near the end of each calendar year, nominations are made through a blind process. A group of judges with teaching backgrounds and a familiarity with fantasy sports narrows down the submissions to a group of typically 3-5 finalists. A second group of judges then chooses the best submission in each category. The finalist is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Focus - XM
''Fantasy Focus'' is a one-hour show from RotoWire.com focused on fantasy baseball on Blogtalkradio. It runs Monday through Friday at 1 PM ET. It can be heard live oBlogtalkradio/RotoWirewith podcasts available later aRotoWire.com/podcast Fantasy Focus is hosted by Jeff Erickson. From 2005 to 2008 the show ran on XM Radio's Home Plate 175 channel. John Sickels, RotoWire's minor league expert, had hosted "Fantasy Focus" on XM 175 on Fridays, when it is often called "Down on the Farm," and now makes frequent appearances on the show. Frequent guests * Will Carroll * Brandon Funston * Ron Shandler In 1986, Ron Shandler began publishing the ''Baseball Forecaster'', an annual publication focused on applying sabermetrics to fantasy baseball, and later foundeBaseball HQ a website with the same focus. Shandler has an MBA from Hofstra University ... * Joe Sheehan References {{Major League Baseball on the radio Fantasy sports Baseball culture Fantasy Focus on Blogtalkradio F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Sports
A fantasy sport (also known less commonly as rotisserie or roto) is a game, often played using the internet, where participants assemble imaginary or virtual teams composed of proxies of real players of a professional sport. These teams compete based on the statistical performance of those players in actual games. This performance is converted into points that are compiled and totaled according to a roster selected by each fantasy team's manager. These point systems can be simple enough to be manually calculated by a "league commissioner" who coordinates and manages the overall league, or points can be compiled and calculated using computers tracking actual results of the professional sport. In fantasy sports, as in real sports, team owners draft, trade, and cut (drop) players. History Early simulations The history of fantasy games can be traced to the 19th century. The tabletop game ''Sebring Parlor Base Ball'', introduced in 1866, allowed participants to simulate games by prope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Sheehan
Joseph S. Sheehan was born in New York City on February 26, 1971, and attended Regis High School. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1994 with a degree in journalism. Sheehan lives in the New York City area. He is one of the founders and was a co-editor of the first annual book of sabermetric baseball forecasts and analyses by Baseball Prospectus in 1996 as well as several later volumes. On October 10, 2007, Sheehan took on an additional role as Managing Editor of the newly founded Basketball Prospectus. As of December 31, 2009, Sheehan no longer worked for Baseball Prospectus. However, he continued to make occasional contributions to BP's "Unfiltered" blog. At the beginning of the 2010 baseball season, he began publishing a weekly "Inside Baseball" column in ''Sports Illustrated.'' He also contributes to RotoWire and appears weekly on the RotoWire Fantasy Sports Today show on Sirius XM radio. Career In an on-line interview, he recalled how he became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sickels
John Sickels (born January 5, 1968) is an American baseball writer who specializes in minor league baseball and amateur baseball. Biography Sickels is a graduate of Northwest Missouri State University (1990, BA in history and philosophy) and the University of Kansas (1993, MA in history). He resides in Kansas with his wife, Jeri. He has two sons, Nicholas and Jackson. Sickels worked as research assistant to noted baseball writer Bill James from 1993 though 1996. From 1996 to 2005, Sickels was a columnist for ESPN.com, writing regular "Down on the Farm" columns that took an in-depth look at baseball prospects. Sickels parted ways with ESPN in February 2005 and soon thereafter started his own blog, www.minorleagueball.com, part of the SB Nation/Vox Media empire. Sickels was previously a regular contributor to the fantasy sports website RotoWire.com and can still occasionally be heard on Rotowire podcasts. He hosted Down on the Farm Friday on XM Satellite radio from 2005 to 2008. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the List of municipalities in Wisconsin by population, second-most populous city in the state, with a population of 269,840 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Madison metropolitan area had 680,796 residents. Centrally located on an isthmus between Lakes Lake Mendota, Mendota and Lake Monona, Monona, the vicinity also encompass Lakes Lake Wingra, Wingra, Lake Kegonsa, Kegonsa and Lake Waubesa, Waubesa. Madison was founded in 1836 and is named after American Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and President James Madison. It is the county seat of Dane County. As the state capital, Madison is home to government chambers including the Wisconsin State Capitol building. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. Major companies in the area include American Family Insurance, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephania Bell
Stephania Bell (born May 20, 1966) is an American physical therapist who has become an author, as well as both on-air and online sports commentator at ESPN where she serves as an American football injury analyst. Career Bell formerly served as an injury analyst for KFFL, RotoWire and XM Radio. Hired in 2007, she actively blogs National Football League injury analysis for ESPN where she is a regular columnist. Bell complements on-air journalists with analysis of breaking news. She serves as a co-host of Fantasy Focus on ESPN Radio and an analyst for SportsNation on ESPN.com. She co-authored ''The Clinical Orthopedic Assessment Guide''. Bell is a board-certified orthopedic clinical specialist and a certified strength and conditioning specialist. Since September 2008, Bell has had a residence in Connecticut near the ESPN studios. Bell is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, and her ESPN blogs are cross-posted on their website. At the suggestion of a friend she be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carson Cistulli
Carson Cistulli (born December 23, 1979) is an American poet, essayist and baseball analyst for the Toronto Blue Jays. His works of poetry include ''Some Common Weaknesses Illustrated'', ''Assorted Fictions,'' and ''A Century of Enthusiasm.'' Biography Early years Carson Cistulli was born December 23, 1979, in Concord, New Hampshire, to Philip Cistulli Jr. and Holly Young.Concord Monitor. May 3, 2009 Cistulli passed his early childhood in a middle class Italian-American household until his parents' divorce in 1989. Cistulli attended boarding school at Milton Academy in Massachusetts. Education After graduating from Milton in 1998, he attended Columbia University where he studied under poet Kenneth Koch of the New York School of poetry. After his studies under Koch, he moved to Seattle to write. He would later receive a bachelor's degree in Classical Civilizations from the University of Montana in Missoula and a master's degree in Creative writing from the University of Massac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Carroll
Will Carroll (born 1970) is an American sportswriter who specializes in the coverage of medical issues, including injuries and performance-enhancing drugs. Carroll's "Under the Knife" column appeared on ''Baseball Prospectus'' for eight years during his stint there as a senior writer, and he also contributed to the site's radio efforts as well as the Puck Prospectus spin-off site. He is the author of two books on sports-related medical topics. . Carroll was a member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America and the Pro Football Writers Association. In 2014, he was given a MORE Award by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons for his story on Dr. Frank Jobe published in ''Bleacher Report'' in 2013. Career In 2003 Carroll joined the staff of Baseball Prospectus, for whom he served as its injury expert and wrote a regular "Under the Knife" column and periodic "Team Health Reports" as well as hosts Baseball Prospectus Radio. In February 2009, he assumed the role of Execu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadband Sports
Broadband Sports was originally founded in 1998, later becoming a high-flying dotcom-era network of sports-content Web sites that raised over $60 million before shutting down in February 2001. A new company with the same name and domain was launched in November 2005, which was based in Seattle, Washington and allowed users to upload, view and share both professional and user-generated sports media, covering over 20 sports. Its focus was to allow sports fans and athletes alike to connect directly via a community of fellow enthusiasts. It later went out of business. It shared no relationship to the failed dot-com company that shut down in 2001. Overview Broadband Sports was originally a high-flying dotcom-era network of sports-content Web sites that raised over $60 million before going bust in February 2001. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based company originally started out as Athlete Direct ("AD"), that served as the host of 350 official web sites for such athletes as Troy Aikman, Kobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VSiN
Vegas Stats & Information Network (VSiN) is an American sports betting radio network and streaming television channel owned by Musburger Media. Founded in 2017 by the family of sportscaster Brent Musburger, VSIN broadcasts from studios at the Circa Resort & Casino and The D, both located on Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada. VSiN programming is carried via its own website, as well as other over-the-top services. VSiN also syndicates its programming via local regional sports networks and radio stations. History VSiN was founded by talent agent Brian Musburger, attorney Todd Musburger and documentary film producer Dave Berg. Broadcaster Brent Musburger joined VSiN as lead on-air personality after his January 2017 departure from ESPN. VSiN launched on February 5, 2017, with special programming covering Super Bowl LI; the network planned to initially broadcast 12 hours of live programming per-day, which would be broadcast on Sirius XM and stream on the network's website. VSiN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
